El Carmen in context: Street-network sprawl trends

El Carmen in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El CarmenManabi (Region)Ecuador (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El Carmen plotted against Manabi and Ecuador. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, El Carmen's incremental SNDi rose from 2.28 to 3.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El Carmen ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Manabi and 19th out of 34 in Ecuador as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.05
Rank in Ecuador
19th of 34
Rank in Manabi
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.61
Rank in Ecuador
19th of 34
Rank in Manabi
3rd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El CarmenGamawaAin Turk

El Carmen, Gamawa, and Ain Turk all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. For the full network, El Carmen and Gamawa both fluctuated in connectivity, while Ain Turk became progressively more disconnected. Notably, El Carmen had a more connected network than Ain Turk in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.