Chiquinquirá in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chiquinquira 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
ChiquinquiraBoyaca (Region)Colombia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chiquinquirá plotted against Boyacá and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Chiquinquirá's incremental SNDi rose from 2.88 to 3.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chiquinquirá ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Boyacá and 42nd out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.93
Rank in Colombia
52nd of 83
Rank in Boyacá
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.78
Rank in Colombia
42nd of 83
Rank in Boyacá
4th of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChiquinquiraShankarpurTashlak

In new street additions, Chiquinquirá and Shankarpur both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tashlak built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Chiquinquirá became progressively more disconnected, while Shankarpur fluctuated in connectivity and Tashlak grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Chiquinquirá had a more sprawly network than Shankarpur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.