Sabanalarga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sabanalarga in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sabanalarga plotted against Atlántico and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Sabanalarga's incremental SNDi rose from 1.8 to 2.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sabanalarga ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Atlántico and 17th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.71
Rank in Colombia
25th of 83
Rank in Atlántico
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.9
Rank in Colombia
17th of 83
Rank in Atlántico
2nd of 2

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
SabanalargaWalvis BayKyauktan

In new street additions, Sabanalarga and Kyauktan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Walvis Bay built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Sabanalarga became progressively more disconnected, while Walvis Bay became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Kyauktan fluctuated in connectivity. Sabanalarga and Walvis Bay have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.