Pasaje in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pasaje in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PasajeEl Oro (Region)Ecuador (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pasaje plotted against El Oro and Ecuador. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Pasaje's incremental SNDi rose from 1.25 to 1.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pasaje ranked 1st out of 3 cities in El Oro and 1st out of 34 in Ecuador as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.64
Rank in Ecuador
2nd of 34
Rank in El Oro
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.44
Rank in Ecuador
1st of 34
Rank in El Oro
1st of 3

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
PasajePasamanSalekhard

While Pasaman and Salekhard both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Pasaje fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Pasaman and Salekhard both became progressively more disconnected, while Pasaje fluctuated in connectivity. Pasaje and Salekhard have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.