Contramaestre in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Contramaestre in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Contramaestre plotted against Santiago de Cuba and Cuba. The SNDi of new construction in Contramaestre rose steadily, compared to Santiago de Cuba which rose steadily and Cuba which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Contramaestre's incremental SNDi rose from 3.9 to 4.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Contramaestre ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Santiago de Cuba and 24th out of 27 in Cuba as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.34
- Rank in Cuba
- 23rd of 27
- Rank in Santiago de Cuba
- 3rd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.85
- Rank in Cuba
- 24th of 27
- Rank in Santiago de Cuba
- 3rd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Lalmohan, Bangladesh
- Maple Ridge, Canada
- Baiji, Iraq
- Phúc Yên, Vietnam
- Pehowa, India
- Samitah, Saudi Arabia
In new street additions, Contramaestre and Lalmohan both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Phúc Yên built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Contramaestre became progressively more disconnected, while Lalmohan fluctuated in connectivity and Phúc Yên grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Contramaestre had a more sprawly network than Lalmohan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.