Varadero in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Varadero plotted against Matanzas and Cuba. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Varadero's incremental SNDi fell from 3.69 to 2.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Varadero ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Matanzas and 22nd out of 27 in Cuba as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Buhapur, Bangladesh
• Gingoog, Philippines
• Petite-Rivière-de-l'Artibonite, Haiti
• Saint Michel de l’Attalaye, Haiti
• Zhongxin, China
• Durlovpur, India

In new street additions, Varadero built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Buhapur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Saint Michel de l’Attalaye fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Varadero grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Buhapur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Saint Michel de l’Attalaye became progressively more disconnected. Varadero and Buhapur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.