Peñon del Rodadero in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Penon del Rodadero in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Penon del RodaderoMagdalena (Region)Colombia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Peñon del Rodadero plotted against Magdalena and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Peñon del Rodadero's incremental SNDi rose from 4.34 to 5.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Peñon del Rodadero ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Magdalena and 63rd out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.1
Rank in Colombia
70th of 83
Rank in Magdalena
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.34
Rank in Colombia
63rd of 83
Rank in Magdalena
4th of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Penon del RodaderoHuamantlaMahdasht

In new street additions, Peñon del Rodadero and Huamantla both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mahdasht fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Peñon del Rodadero and Huamantla both became progressively more disconnected, while Mahdasht became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Peñon del Rodadero had a more connected network than Huamantla in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.