Manzanillo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Manzanillo in context

0.81.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.81.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ManzanilloGranma (Region)Cuba (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Manzanillo plotted against Granma and Cuba. The SNDi of new construction in Manzanillo peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Granma which peaked in 1991-2005 and Cuba which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Manzanillo's incremental SNDi fell from 2.48 to 2.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Manzanillo ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Granma and 2nd out of 27 in Cuba as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.31
Rank in Cuba
4th of 27
Rank in Granma
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.35
Rank in Cuba
2nd of 27
Rank in Granma
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ManzanilloHeuleutDoka Ashafa

In new street additions, Manzanillo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Heuleut built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Doka Ashafa built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Manzanillo had a more sprawly network than Doka Ashafa in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.