Tiquisio in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tiquisio in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TiquisioBolivar (Region)Colombia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tiquisio plotted against Bolívar and Colombia. The SNDi of new construction in Tiquisio peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Bolívar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Colombia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tiquisio's incremental SNDi fell from 2.9 to 2.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tiquisio ranked 4th out of 6 cities in Bolívar and 35th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.4
Rank in Colombia
19th of 83
Rank in Bolívar
1st of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.48
Rank in Colombia
35th of 83
Rank in Bolívar
4th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TiquisioKafr Al-Amir Abd AllahPoko

In new street additions, Tiquisio built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kafr Al-Amir Abd Allah built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Poko built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Kafr Al-Amir Abd Allah and Poko both became progressively more disconnected, while Tiquisio grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Tiquisio had a more sprawly network than Kafr Al-Amir Abd Allah in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.