Yopal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yopal in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YopalCasanare (Region)Colombia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yopal plotted against Casanare and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Yopal's incremental SNDi rose from 1.69 to 1.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yopal ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Casanare and 10th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.75
Rank in Colombia
2nd of 83
Rank in Casanare
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.79
Rank in Colombia
10th of 83
Rank in Casanare
1st of 2

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
YopalManokwariAlabama

In new street additions, Yopal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Manokwari built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Alabama built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Yopal grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Manokwari became progressively more disconnected and Alabama grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Yopal and Alabama have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.