Las Piedras in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Las Piedras in context

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Las PiedrasCanelones (Region)Uruguay (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Las Piedras plotted against Canelones and Uruguay. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Las Piedras's incremental SNDi rose from 2.56 to 3.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Las Piedras ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Canelones and 5th out of 8 in Uruguay as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.04
Rank in Uruguay
3rd of 8
Rank in Canelones
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.8
Rank in Uruguay
5th of 8
Rank in Canelones
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.81.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.81.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Las PiedrasDimitrovgradSievierodonetsk

Las Piedras, Dimitrovgrad, and Sievierodonetsk all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Las Piedras and Dimitrovgrad have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.