Fundación in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fundacion in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fundación plotted against Magdalena and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Fundación's incremental SNDi rose from 1.86 to 2.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fundación ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Magdalena and 9th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.11
Rank in Colombia
12th of 83
Rank in Magdalena
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.77
Rank in Colombia
9th of 83
Rank in Magdalena
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
FundacionNgabangMeaux

In new street additions, Fundación fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ngabang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Meaux built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.