Santiago de Cuba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santiago de Cuba in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santiago de CubaCuba (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santiago de Cuba plotted against Cuba. Both Santiago de Cuba and Cuba follow the same trend. Most recently, Santiago de Cuba's incremental SNDi fell from 3.79 to 3.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santiago de Cuba ranked 5th out of 27 in Cuba as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.07
Rank in Cuba
16th of 27

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.64
Rank in Cuba
5th of 27

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santiago de CubaSuezSambhal

In new street additions, Santiago de Cuba built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Suez built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Sambhal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.