Arjona in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Arjona in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ArjonaBolivar (Region)Colombia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Arjona plotted against Bolívar and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Arjona's incremental SNDi rose from 2.16 to 3.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Arjona ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Bolívar and 28th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.15
Rank in Colombia
38th of 83
Rank in Bolívar
3rd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in Colombia
28th of 83
Rank in Bolívar
2nd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ArjonaCutral CoBaitu

In new street additions, Arjona fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Cutral Có fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Baitu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Arjona became progressively more disconnected, while Cutral Có became progressively more connected and Baitu became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Arjona and Cutral Có have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.