Arauca in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Arauca in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AraucaColombia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Arauca plotted against Colombia. Both Arauca and Colombia follow the same trend. Most recently, Arauca's incremental SNDi rose from 3.03 to 3.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Arauca ranked 50th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.89
Rank in Colombia
49th of 83

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.02
Rank in Colombia
50th of 83

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AraucaTrois-RivieresMoanda

In new street additions, Arauca fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Trois-Rivières built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Moanda built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Arauca had a more connected network than Trois-Rivières in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.