Valledupar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Valledupar in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ValleduparCesar (Region)Colombia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Valledupar plotted against Cesar and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Valledupar's incremental SNDi rose from 1.72 to 2.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Valledupar ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Cesar and 5th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.49
Rank in Colombia
21st of 83
Rank in Cesar
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.72
Rank in Colombia
5th of 83
Rank in Cesar
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ValleduparYitangDongsheng

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