La Dorada in context: Street-network sprawl trends
La Dorada in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with La Dorada plotted against Caldas and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, La Dorada's incremental SNDi rose from 2.81 to 3.22 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, La Dorada ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Caldas and 44th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.22
- Rank in Colombia
- 39th of 83
- Rank in Caldas
- 1st of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.84
- Rank in Colombia
- 44th of 83
- Rank in Caldas
- 1st of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, La Dorada and Junín both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Rangia built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. La Dorada and Rangia have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.