Leticia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Leticia in context

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LeticiaAmazonas (Region)Colombia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Leticia plotted against Amazonas and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Leticia's incremental SNDi rose from 3.6 to 4.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Leticia ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Amazonas and 59th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.01
Rank in Colombia
53rd of 83
Rank in Amazonas
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.17
Rank in Colombia
59th of 83
Rank in Amazonas
1st of 1

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LeticiaPolewaliCiudad Sahagun

Leticia, Polewali, and Ciudad Sahagún all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. For the full network, Leticia and Polewali both became progressively more disconnected, while Ciudad Sahagún grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Leticia and Polewali have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.