Maldonado in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Maldonado in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Maldonado plotted against Uruguay. Both Maldonado and Uruguay follow the same trend. Most recently, Maldonado's incremental SNDi rose from 1.74 to 2.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maldonado ranked 3rd out of 8 in Uruguay as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.21
- Rank in Uruguay
- 1st of 8
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.42
- Rank in Uruguay
- 3rd of 8
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Ishiagu and Charam both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Maldonado built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Ishiagu and Charam both fluctuated in connectivity, while Maldonado became progressively more disconnected.