Puerto Padre in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Puerto Padre in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Puerto Padre plotted against Las Tunas and Cuba. The SNDi of new construction in Puerto Padre rose steadily, compared to Las Tunas which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Cuba which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Puerto Padre's incremental SNDi rose from 2.26 to 2.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Puerto Padre ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Las Tunas and 3rd out of 27 in Cuba as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.86
- Rank in Cuba
- 12th of 27
- Rank in Las Tunas
- 2nd of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.41
- Rank in Cuba
- 3rd of 27
- Rank in Las Tunas
- 1st of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Sundarnagar and Bhatapada both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, Puerto Padre built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Puerto Padre became progressively more disconnected, while Sundarnagar became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Bhatapada became progressively more connected. Puerto Padre and Bhatapada have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.