Artemisa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Artemisa in context

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ArtemisaLa Habana (Region)Cuba (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Artemisa plotted against La Habana and Cuba. The SNDi of new construction in Artemisa followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to La Habana which rose steadily and Cuba which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Artemisa's incremental SNDi rose from 2.66 to 3.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Artemisa ranked 1st out of 1 cities in La Habana and 8th out of 27 in Cuba as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.89
Rank in Cuba
20th of 27
Rank in La Habana
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.76
Rank in Cuba
8th of 27
Rank in La Habana
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ArtemisaCharanchiSan Carlos

In new street additions, Artemisa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Charanchi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and San Carlos built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Artemisa became progressively more disconnected, while Charanchi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and San Carlos became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Artemisa and Charanchi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.