Puerto Francisco de Orellana in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Puerto Francisco de Orellana in context

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
Puerto Francisco de OrellanaOrellana (Region)Ecuador (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Puerto Francisco de Orellana plotted against Orellana and Ecuador. The SNDi of new construction in Puerto Francisco de Orellana peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Orellana which peaked in 1976-1990 and Ecuador which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Puerto Francisco de Orellana's incremental SNDi fell from 2.92 to 2.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Puerto Francisco de Orellana ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Orellana and 21st out of 34 in Ecuador as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.31
Rank in Ecuador
9th of 34
Rank in Orellana
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.85
Rank in Ecuador
21st of 34
Rank in Orellana
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Puerto Francisco de OrellanaGoreMogaung

In new street additions, Puerto Francisco de Orellana built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Goré built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Mogaung built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Goré and Mogaung both became progressively more disconnected, while Puerto Francisco de Orellana grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Puerto Francisco de Orellana and Goré have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.