Apartadó in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Apartado in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Apartadó plotted against Antioquia and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Apartadó's incremental SNDi rose from 1.52 to 2.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Apartadó ranked 1st out of 7 cities in Antioquia and 14th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.14
- Rank in Colombia
- 14th of 83
- Rank in Antioquia
- 1st of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.84
- Rank in Colombia
- 14th of 83
- Rank in Antioquia
- 1st of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Gimpo, South Korea
- Rio Grande, Brazil
- Dayi, China
- Mubarakpur, India
- Abak, Nigeria
- Ketapang, Indonesia
In new street additions, Apartadó and Gimpo both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mubarakpur built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Apartadó fluctuated in connectivity, while Gimpo became progressively more disconnected and Mubarakpur became progressively more connected.