Girardot in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Girardot in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GirardotCundinamarca (Region)Colombia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Girardot plotted against Cundinamarca and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Girardot's incremental SNDi rose from 3.01 to 3.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Girardot ranked 3rd out of 6 cities in Cundinamarca and 61st out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.32
Rank in Colombia
41st of 83
Rank in Cundinamarca
1st of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.26
Rank in Colombia
61st of 83
Rank in Cundinamarca
3rd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GirardotWeihuiJeju-si

In new street additions, Girardot and Jeju-si both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Weihui built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Girardot fluctuated in connectivity, while Weihui grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Jeju-si became progressively more disconnected. Girardot and Weihui have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.