Oruro in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Oruro in context

1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OruroBolivia (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Oruro plotted against Bolivia. The SNDi of new construction in Oruro peaked in 1976-1990, while Bolivia followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Oruro's incremental SNDi fell from 1.73 to 1.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Oruro ranked 4th out of 13 in Bolivia as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.68
Rank in Bolivia
5th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.64
Rank in Bolivia
4th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OruroMurmanskKafr Al-Zaiyat

In new street additions, Oruro built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Murmansk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Kafr Al-Zaiyat built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Oruro and Kafr Al-Zaiyat have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.