Salinas [Santa Elena] in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Salinas [Santa Elena] in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Salinas [Santa Elena]Santa Elena (Region)Ecuador (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Salinas [Santa Elena] plotted against Santa Elena and Ecuador. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Salinas [Santa Elena]'s incremental SNDi rose from 2.18 to 2.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Salinas [Santa Elena] ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Santa Elena and 6th out of 34 in Ecuador as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.28
Rank in Ecuador
8th of 34
Rank in Santa Elena
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.86
Rank in Ecuador
6th of 34
Rank in Santa Elena
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Salinas [Santa Elena]ChitaBac Ninh

In new street additions, Salinas [Santa Elena] fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Chita fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bắc Ninh built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Salinas [Santa Elena] became progressively more disconnected, while Chita became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Bắc Ninh became progressively more connected. Salinas [Santa Elena] and Chita have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.