Santa Marta in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santa Marta in context

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
Santa MartaMagdalena (Region)Colombia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santa Marta plotted against Magdalena and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Santa Marta's incremental SNDi rose from 2.96 to 3.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santa Marta ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Magdalena and 41st out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.51
Rank in Colombia
43rd of 83
Rank in Magdalena
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.78
Rank in Colombia
41st of 83
Rank in Magdalena
3rd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santa MartaDeogharMahiliou

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