Cotorro in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cotorro in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CotorroCiudad de la Habana (Region)Cuba (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cotorro plotted against Ciudad de la Habana and Cuba. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Cotorro's incremental SNDi fell from 3.09 to 3.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cotorro ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Ciudad de la Habana and 17th out of 27 in Cuba as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.08
Rank in Cuba
17th of 27
Rank in Ciudad de la Habana
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.1
Rank in Cuba
17th of 27
Rank in Ciudad de la Habana
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CotorroDodaAbbotsford

In new street additions, Cotorro built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Doda built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Abbotsford fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Cotorro and Abbotsford both became progressively more disconnected, while Doda fluctuated in connectivity.