Armenia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Armenia in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ArmeniaQuindio (Region)Colombia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Armenia plotted against Quindío and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Armenia's incremental SNDi rose from 4.29 to 4.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Armenia ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Quindío and 64th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.83
Rank in Colombia
65th of 83
Rank in Quindío
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.49
Rank in Colombia
64th of 83
Rank in Quindío
1st of 1

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
ArmeniaKaipingPamplona

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