Maldonado in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Maldonado in context

11.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
11.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MaldonadoUruguay (Country)

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?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MaldonadoIshiaguCharam

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.