Cienfuegos in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cienfuegos 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
CienfuegosCuba (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cienfuegos plotted against Cuba. Both Cienfuegos and Cuba follow the same trend. Most recently, Cienfuegos's incremental SNDi fell from 3.64 to 2.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cienfuegos ranked 10th out of 27 in Cuba as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.41
Rank in Cuba
6th of 27

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.86
Rank in Cuba
10th of 27

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
CienfuegosRegensburgPalm Bay

In new street additions, Cienfuegos built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Regensburg built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Palm Bay fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Cienfuegos and Regensburg have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.