Maicao in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Maicao in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Maicao plotted against La Guajira and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Maicao's incremental SNDi rose from 1.64 to 1.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maicao ranked 4th out of 4 cities in La Guajira and 13th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.76
Rank in Colombia
3rd of 83
Rank in La Guajira
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.81
Rank in Colombia
13th of 83
Rank in La Guajira
4th of 4

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
MaicaoEpeKamrej

Maicao, Epe, and Kamrej all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. Looking at the full network, Epe and Kamrej both became progressively more disconnected, while Maicao grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Maicao and Epe have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.