Caucasia in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Caucasia in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Caucasia plotted against Antioquia and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Caucasia's incremental SNDi rose from 2.22 to 2.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Caucasia ranked 4th out of 7 cities in Antioquia and 34th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.75
- Rank in Colombia
- 28th of 83
- Rank in Antioquia
- 2nd of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.48
- Rank in Colombia
- 34th of 83
- Rank in Antioquia
- 4th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Edappadi, India
- Birganj, Bangladesh
- Sanhe, China
- দক্ষিণ বেদকাশী, Bangladesh
- منڈی فیض آباد, Pakistan
- Ganpatganj, India
While Edappadi and দক্ষিণ বেদকাশী both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Caucasia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Edappadi and দক্ষিণ বেদকাশী both became progressively more disconnected, while Caucasia fluctuated in connectivity. Caucasia and Edappadi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.