Talca in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Talca in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Talca plotted against Maule and Chile. The SNDi of new construction in Talca rose steadily, compared to Maule which rose steadily and Chile which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Talca's incremental SNDi rose from 2.86 to 3.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Talca ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Maule and 11th out of 38 in Chile as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.11
- Rank in Chile
- 10th of 38
- Rank in Maule
- 1st of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.64
- Rank in Chile
- 11th of 38
- Rank in Maule
- 1st of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Paramaribo, Suriname
- Pattoki, Pakistan
- Pinggu, China
- Pasuruan, Indonesia
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Ratnagiri, India
While Paramaribo and Pasuruan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Talca built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.