Santa Rosa de Cabal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santa Rosa de Cabal in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santa Rosa de CabalRisaralda (Region)Colombia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santa Rosa de Cabal plotted against Risaralda and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Santa Rosa de Cabal's incremental SNDi rose from 3.03 to 5.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santa Rosa de Cabal ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Risaralda and 54th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.27
Rank in Colombia
72nd of 83
Rank in Risaralda
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.15
Rank in Colombia
54th of 83
Rank in Risaralda
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santa Rosa de CabalGia RayMao

In new street additions, Santa Rosa de Cabal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Gia Ray built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Mao fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Santa Rosa de Cabal became progressively more disconnected, while Gia Ray became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Mao became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Santa Rosa de Cabal and Gia Ray have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.