León in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Leon in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LeonNicaragua (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with León plotted against Nicaragua. Both León and Nicaragua follow the same trend. Most recently, León's incremental SNDi rose from 2.7 to 3.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, León ranked 3rd out of 10 in Nicaragua as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.02
Rank in Nicaragua
1st of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.29
Rank in Nicaragua
3rd of 10

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

What about similarly populated cities?

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
LeonYingdePetropavl

In new street additions, León built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yingde built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Petropavl fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, León and Petropavl both became progressively more disconnected, while Yingde grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, León had a more connected network than Petropavl in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.