Nuevitas in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nuevitas in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NuevitasCamaguey (Region)Cuba (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nuevitas plotted against Camagüey and Cuba. The SNDi of new construction in Nuevitas rose steadily, compared to Camagüey which peaked in 1991-2005 and Cuba which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Nuevitas's incremental SNDi rose from 2.82 to 4.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nuevitas ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Camagüey and 1st out of 27 in Cuba as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.88
Rank in Cuba
25th of 27
Rank in Camagüey
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.32
Rank in Cuba
1st of 27
Rank in Camagüey
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NuevitasXinglongLimon

In new street additions, Nuevitas and Limón both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Xinglong built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Nuevitas and Limón have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.