Quito in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Quito in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Quito plotted against Pichincha and Ecuador. The SNDi of new construction in Quito peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Pichincha which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Ecuador which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Quito's incremental SNDi fell from 4.37 to 4.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Quito ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Pichincha and 32nd out of 34 in Ecuador as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.36
- Rank in Ecuador
- 32nd of 34
- Rank in Pichincha
- 2nd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.34
- Rank in Ecuador
- 32nd of 34
- Rank in Pichincha
- 2nd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Philadelphia, United States
- Taichung, Taiwan
- Fukuoka, Japan
- Dallas, United States
- Prayagraj, India
- Coimbatore, India
In new street additions, Quito built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Philadelphia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dallas built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.