Pereira in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Pereira in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pereira plotted against Risaralda and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Pereira's incremental SNDi rose from 4.23 to 4.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pereira ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Risaralda and 67th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.74
- Rank in Colombia
- 64th of 83
- Rank in Risaralda
- 1st of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.53
- Rank in Colombia
- 67th of 83
- Rank in Risaralda
- 2nd of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Pereira and Beihai both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ciudad Guayana built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Pereira and Beihai have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.