Manizales in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Manizales in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Manizales plotted against Caldas and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Manizales's incremental SNDi rose from 4.56 to 5.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Manizales ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Caldas and 73rd out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.4
- Rank in Colombia
- 74th of 83
- Rank in Caldas
- 2nd of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.98
- Rank in Colombia
- 73rd of 83
- Rank in Caldas
- 2nd 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, Manizales and Raiganj both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Belfast built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Manizales and Belfast both became progressively more disconnected, while Raiganj fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Manizales had a more sprawly network than Raiganj in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.