Piedecuesta in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Piedecuesta in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Piedecuesta plotted against Santander and Colombia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Piedecuesta's incremental SNDi rose from 3.76 to 4.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Piedecuesta ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Santander and 69th out of 83 in Colombia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.32
Rank in Colombia
60th of 83
Rank in Santander
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.65
Rank in Colombia
69th of 83
Rank in Santander
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PiedecuestaDompuJiawang

In new street additions, Piedecuesta fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dompu built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Jiawang built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Piedecuesta and Dompu both became progressively more disconnected, while Jiawang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Piedecuesta and Dompu have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.