Palma Soriano in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Palma Soriano 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
Palma SorianoSantiago de Cuba (Region)Cuba (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Palma Soriano plotted against Santiago de Cuba and Cuba. The SNDi of new construction in Palma Soriano peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Santiago de Cuba which rose steadily and Cuba which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Palma Soriano's incremental SNDi fell from 3.47 to 3.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Palma Soriano ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Santiago de Cuba and 21st out of 27 in Cuba as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.04
Rank in Cuba
15th of 27
Rank in Santiago de Cuba
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.42
Rank in Cuba
21st of 27
Rank in Santiago de Cuba
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Palma SorianoDavidBuga

In new street additions, Palma Soriano and Buga both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while David built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Palma Soriano and David have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.