Ciudad de la Costa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ciudad de la Costa in context

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ciudad de la CostaCanelones (Region)Uruguay (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ciudad de la Costa plotted against Canelones and Uruguay. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ciudad de la Costa's incremental SNDi rose from 1.94 to 4.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ciudad de la Costa ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Canelones and 4th out of 8 in Uruguay as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.1
Rank in Uruguay
7th of 8
Rank in Canelones
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.46
Rank in Uruguay
4th of 8
Rank in Canelones
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ciudad de la CostaYamaguchiPattan

In new street additions, Ciudad de la Costa and Yamaguchi both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Pattan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Ciudad de la Costa and Yamaguchi both became progressively more disconnected, while Pattan became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.