Aguachica in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Aguachica in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Aguachica plotted against Cesar and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Aguachica's incremental SNDi rose from 1.44 to 1.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aguachica ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Cesar and 16th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.97
- Rank in Colombia
- 8th of 83
- Rank in Cesar
- 1st of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.88
- Rank in Colombia
- 16th of 83
- Rank in Cesar
- 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, Aguachica and Jiangxian both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Gera built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Gera and Jiangxian both became progressively more disconnected, while Aguachica fluctuated in connectivity. Aguachica and Gera have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.