Quinindé in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Quininde in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QuinindeEsmeraldas (Region)Ecuador (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Quinindé plotted against Esmeraldas and Ecuador. The SNDi of new construction in Quinindé peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Esmeraldas which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease and Ecuador which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Quinindé's incremental SNDi fell from 2.55 to 2.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Quinindé ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Esmeraldas and 20th out of 34 in Ecuador as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.11
Rank in Ecuador
7th of 34
Rank in Esmeraldas
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.66
Rank in Ecuador
20th of 34
Rank in Esmeraldas
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
QuinindeBrabantaKatete

In new street additions, Quinindé built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Brabanta fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Katete built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Quinindé grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Brabanta fluctuated in connectivity and Katete became progressively more connected. Notably, Quinindé had a more sprawly network than Brabanta in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.