Tena in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tena in context

1.82.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TenaNapo (Region)Ecuador (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tena plotted against Napo and Ecuador. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Tena's incremental SNDi rose from 2.07 to 2.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tena ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Napo and 11th out of 34 in Ecuador as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.78
Rank in Ecuador
14th of 34
Rank in Napo
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.34
Rank in Ecuador
11th of 34
Rank in Napo
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TenaColinaMuguo

While Colina and Muguo both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Tena fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Tena fluctuated in connectivity, while Colina grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Muguo grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Tena and Muguo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.