Bayamo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bayamo 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
BayamoGranma (Region)Cuba (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bayamo plotted against Granma and Cuba. The SNDi of new construction in Bayamo followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Granma which peaked in 1991-2005 and Cuba which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Bayamo's incremental SNDi rose from 2.08 to 2.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bayamo ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Granma and 11th out of 27 in Cuba as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.92
Rank in Cuba
13th of 27
Rank in Granma
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.87
Rank in Cuba
11th of 27
Rank in Granma
2nd of 2

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
BayamoTonkGushi

In new street additions, Bayamo and Gushi both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tonk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Bayamo became progressively more disconnected, while Tonk grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Gushi fluctuated in connectivity.