Sancti Spiritus in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sancti Spiritus in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sancti SpiritusSancti Spiritus (Region)Cuba (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sancti Spiritus plotted against Sancti Spíritus and Cuba. While Sancti Spíritus and Cuba both peaked in 1991-2005, Sancti Spiritus's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Sancti Spiritus's incremental SNDi fell from 3.76 to 3.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sancti Spiritus ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Sancti Spíritus and 19th out of 27 in Cuba as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.0
Rank in Cuba
14th of 27
Rank in Sancti Spíritus
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.18
Rank in Cuba
19th of 27
Rank in Sancti Spíritus
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

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
Sancti SpiritusKagoroIlkal

In new street additions, Sancti Spiritus built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kagoro built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Ilkal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Sancti Spiritus and Kagoro both became progressively more disconnected, while Ilkal fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Sancti Spiritus had a more sprawly network than Ilkal in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.