Barranca in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Barranca in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BarrancaPuntarenas (Region)Costa Rica (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barranca plotted against Puntarenas and Costa Rica. The SNDi of new construction in Barranca followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Puntarenas which rose steadily and Costa Rica which rose steadily. Most recently, Barranca's incremental SNDi rose from 3.13 to 4.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barranca ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Puntarenas and 2nd out of 5 in Costa Rica as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.87
Rank in Costa Rica
2nd of 5
Rank in Puntarenas
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.34
Rank in Costa Rica
2nd of 5
Rank in Puntarenas
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BarrancaMardinGros Morne

In new street additions, Barranca fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mardin built increasingly connected streets over time and Gros Morne built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Barranca fluctuated in connectivity, while Mardin became progressively more connected and Gros Morne became progressively more disconnected. Barranca and Mardin have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.