Banes in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Banes in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Banes plotted against Holguín and Cuba. The SNDi of new construction in Banes rose steadily, compared to Holguín which peaked in 1991-2005 and Cuba which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Banes's incremental SNDi rose from 4.72 to 5.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Banes ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Holguín and 9th out of 27 in Cuba as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.39
- Rank in Cuba
- 26th of 27
- Rank in Holguín
- 3rd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.84
- Rank in Cuba
- 9th of 27
- Rank in Holguín
- 2nd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Banes and Caçador both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Itwa built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Banes and Caçador both became progressively more disconnected, while Itwa became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Banes and Caçador have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.