Zipaquirá in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Zipaquira in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Zipaquirá plotted against Cundinamarca and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Zipaquirá's incremental SNDi rose from 3.4 to 3.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zipaquirá ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Cundinamarca and 55th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.89
Rank in Colombia
50th of 83
Rank in Cundinamarca
2nd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.16
Rank in Colombia
55th of 83
Rank in Cundinamarca
2nd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZipaquiraLinharesTirukkovilur

In new street additions, Zipaquirá and Linhares both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tirukkovilur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Zipaquirá and Linhares have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.