Tacuarembó in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tacuarembo 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
TacuaremboUruguay (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tacuarembó plotted against Uruguay. Both Tacuarembó and Uruguay follow the same trend. Most recently, Tacuarembó's incremental SNDi rose from 2.34 to 3.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tacuarembó ranked 7th out of 8 in Uruguay as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.07
Rank in Uruguay
4th of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.12
Rank in Uruguay
7th of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TacuaremboLovelandMoradih

In new street additions, Tacuarembó built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Loveland built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Moradih built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Tacuarembó became progressively more disconnected, while Loveland grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Moradih became progressively more connected.