Florencia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Florencia in context

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FlorenciaCaqueta (Region)Colombia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Florencia plotted against Caquetá and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Florencia's incremental SNDi rose from 4.0 to 4.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Florencia ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Caquetá and 74th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.5
Rank in Colombia
61st of 83
Rank in Caquetá
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.01
Rank in Colombia
74th of 83
Rank in Caquetá
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FlorenciaPingchang CountyKaura-Namoda

In new street additions, Florencia and Pingchang County both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kaura-Namoda built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Florencia became progressively more disconnected, while Pingchang County fluctuated in connectivity and Kaura-Namoda grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Florencia and Kaura-Namoda have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.