Manaure in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Manaure plotted against La Guajira and Colombia. The SNDi of new construction in Manaure peaked in 1976-1990, compared to La Guajira which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Colombia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Manaure's incremental SNDi fell from 1.32 to 1.22 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Manaure ranked 1st out of 4 cities in La Guajira and 1st out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Zarand, Iran
• Kisenge, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• N'zeto, Angola
• Tanjung Piayu, Indonesia
• Dabo, Indonesia
• Zarumilla, Peru

In new street additions, Manaure and Zarand both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Tanjung Piayu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Manaure and Zarand both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Tanjung Piayu became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Manaure and Tanjung Piayu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.