Puerto Hondo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Puerto Hondo 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
Puerto HondoGuayas (Region)Ecuador (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Puerto Hondo plotted against Guayas and Ecuador. The SNDi of new construction in Puerto Hondo rose steadily, compared to Guayas which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Ecuador which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Puerto Hondo's incremental SNDi rose from 4.43 to 4.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Puerto Hondo ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Guayas and 33rd out of 34 in Ecuador as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.67
Rank in Ecuador
33rd of 34
Rank in Guayas
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.48
Rank in Ecuador
33rd of 34
Rank in Guayas
4th of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Puerto HondoNew Al AbbasiyaCibitoke

In new street additions, Puerto Hondo and New Al Abbasiya both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Cibitoke fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Puerto Hondo and New Al Abbasiya both became progressively more disconnected, while Cibitoke grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Puerto Hondo and New Al Abbasiya have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.