Montevideo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Montevideo in context

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
MontevideoUruguay (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Montevideo plotted against Uruguay. Both Montevideo and Uruguay follow the same trend. Most recently, Montevideo's incremental SNDi rose from 2.72 to 3.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Montevideo ranked 1st out of 8 in Uruguay as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.25
Rank in Uruguay
5th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.39
Rank in Uruguay
1st of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MontevideoNovosibirskCiudad Juarez

In new street additions, Montevideo and Novosibirsk both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ciudad Juárez fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.