Ibarra in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ibarra in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ibarra plotted against Imbabura and Ecuador. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ibarra's incremental SNDi rose from 2.98 to 3.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ibarra ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Imbabura and 24th out of 34 in Ecuador as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.75
- Rank in Ecuador
- 26th of 34
- Rank in Imbabura
- 2nd of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.11
- Rank in Ecuador
- 24th of 34
- Rank in Imbabura
- 2nd of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Ibarra and Iringa both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Birjand built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Ibarra fluctuated in connectivity, while Birjand became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Iringa became progressively more disconnected. Ibarra and Iringa have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.