Las Guásimas in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Las Guasimas in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Las Guásimas 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, Las Guásimas's incremental SNDi fell from 5.69 to 4.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Las Guásimas ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Ciudad de la Habana and 27th out of 27 in Cuba as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.21
- Rank in Cuba
- 22nd of 27
- Rank in Ciudad de la Habana
- 4th of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.2
- Rank in Cuba
- 27th of 27
- Rank in Ciudad de la Habana
- 4th of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Bandar Seri Bentan, Indonesia
- Shahabad, India
- Dobo, Indonesia
- Purna, India
- Arujá, Brazil
- Yongding, China
In new street additions, Las Guásimas built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bandar Seri Bentan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Purna built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Las Guásimas grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Bandar Seri Bentan fluctuated in connectivity and Purna became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Las Guásimas had a more connected network than Bandar Seri Bentan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.