Ciego de Ávila in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ciego de Avila in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ciego de AvilaCuba (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ciego de Ávila plotted against Cuba. The SNDi of new construction in Ciego de Ávila followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, while Cuba peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Ciego de Ávila's incremental SNDi rose from 2.25 to 2.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ciego de Ávila ranked 6th out of 27 in Cuba as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.37
Rank in Cuba
5th of 27

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.7
Rank in Cuba
6th of 27

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ciego de AvilaLvsigangNizip

In new street additions, Ciego de Ávila fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Lvsigang built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Nizip built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Ciego de Ávila and Nizip both became progressively more disconnected, while Lvsigang became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Ciego de Ávila and Lvsigang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.