Pafos in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pafos in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PafosPaphos (Region)Cyprus (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pafos plotted against Paphos and Cyprus. The SNDi of new construction in Pafos peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Paphos which rose steadily and Cyprus which rose steadily. Most recently, Pafos's incremental SNDi fell from 3.71 to 3.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pafos ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Paphos and 4th out of 4 in Cyprus as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.56
Rank in Cyprus
1st of 4
Rank in Paphos
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.18
Rank in Cyprus
4th of 4
Rank in Paphos
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PafosZhudongSant Andreu de la Barca

In new street additions, Pafos built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Zhudong built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Sant Andreu de la Barca fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.