Santa Clara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santa Clara 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
Santa ClaraVilla Clara (Region)Cuba (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santa Clara plotted against Villa Clara and Cuba. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Santa Clara's incremental SNDi fell from 3.66 to 2.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santa Clara ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Villa Clara and 15th out of 27 in Cuba as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.28
Rank in Cuba
3rd of 27
Rank in Villa Clara
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.02
Rank in Cuba
15th of 27
Rank in Villa Clara
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santa ClaraMollar CharCharleroi

In new street additions, Santa Clara and Charleroi both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Mollar Char built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Santa Clara and Charleroi both became progressively more disconnected, while Mollar Char became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Santa Clara and Charleroi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.