Barranquilla in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Barranquilla in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BarranquillaAtlantico (Region)Colombia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barranquilla plotted against Atlántico and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Barranquilla's incremental SNDi rose from 1.8 to 2.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barranquilla ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Atlántico and 2nd out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.18
Rank in Colombia
16th of 83
Rank in Atlántico
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.54
Rank in Colombia
2nd of 83
Rank in Atlántico
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

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
BarranquillaBucharestBursa

In new street additions, Barranquilla and Bursa both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bucharest built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Barranquilla and Bucharest have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.