Daule in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Daule in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Daule plotted against Guayas and Ecuador. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Daule's incremental SNDi rose from 1.72 to 1.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Daule ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Guayas and 7th out of 34 in Ecuador as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.91
- Rank in Ecuador
- 4th of 34
- Rank in Guayas
- 1st of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.9
- Rank in Ecuador
- 7th of 34
- Rank in Guayas
- 2nd of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Novomoskovsk, Russia
- Rudrapur, India
- Sinwon, North Korea
- Tiaong, Philippines
- Dexing, China
- Titlagarh, India
In new street additions, Daule fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Novomoskovsk built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Tiaong built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Novomoskovsk and Tiaong both became progressively more disconnected, while Daule grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Daule and Novomoskovsk have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.