San Felipe in context: Street-network sprawl trends
San Felipe in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Felipe plotted against Valparaíso and Chile. The SNDi of new construction in San Felipe rose steadily, compared to Valparaíso which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Chile which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, San Felipe's incremental SNDi rose from 2.79 to 3.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Felipe ranked 2nd out of 7 cities in Valparaíso and 9th out of 38 in Chile as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.18
- Rank in Chile
- 12th of 38
- Rank in Valparaíso
- 3rd of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.56
- Rank in Chile
- 9th of 38
- Rank in Valparaíso
- 2nd of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sarnia, Canada
- Watansoppeng, Indonesia
- Gebiley, Somalia
- Vikarabad, India
- Pategi, Nigeria
- Rioverde, México
San Felipe, Sarnia, and Vikarabad all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.