La Paz in context: Street-network sprawl trends

La Paz in context

1.82.12.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.12.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
La PazBolivia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with La Paz plotted against Bolivia. Both La Paz and Bolivia follow the same trend. Most recently, La Paz's incremental SNDi rose from 1.7 to 1.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, La Paz ranked 7th out of 13 in Bolivia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.85
Rank in Bolivia
7th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.88
Rank in Bolivia
7th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
La PazBeirutJamshedpur

In new street additions, La Paz and Jamshedpur both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Beirut built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Beirut and Jamshedpur both became progressively more disconnected, while La Paz grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. La Paz and Beirut have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.