City of Loja in context: Street-network sprawl trends

City of Loja in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
City of LojaLoja (Region)Ecuador (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with City of Loja plotted against Loja and Ecuador. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, City of Loja's incremental SNDi rose from 3.1 to 3.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, City of Loja ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Loja and 26th out of 34 in Ecuador as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.82
Rank in Ecuador
27th of 34
Rank in Loja
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.15
Rank in Ecuador
26th of 34
Rank in Loja
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
City of LojaSokodeDalad

While Sokodé and Dalad both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, City of Loja fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. City of Loja and Sokodé have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.