Havana in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Havana in context

1.42.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HavanaCiudad 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 Havana 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, Havana's incremental SNDi fell from 4.05 to 2.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Havana ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Ciudad de la Habana and 14th out of 27 in Cuba as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.61
Rank in Cuba
8th of 27
Rank in Ciudad de la Habana
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.01
Rank in Cuba
14th of 27
Rank in Ciudad de la Habana
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HavanaPortlandBibhutpur

In new street additions, Havana and Bibhutpur both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Portland built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.