Nueva Loja in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nueva Loja 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
Nueva LojaSucumbios (Region)Ecuador (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nueva Loja plotted against Sucumbios and Ecuador. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Nueva Loja's incremental SNDi rose from 1.78 to 2.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nueva Loja ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Sucumbios and 8th out of 34 in Ecuador as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.02
Rank in Ecuador
6th of 34
Rank in Sucumbios
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.03
Rank in Ecuador
8th of 34
Rank in Sucumbios
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Nueva LojaDuacaPaonta Sahib

In new street additions, Nueva Loja and Duaca both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Paonta Sahib built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Duaca and Paonta Sahib both became progressively more disconnected, while Nueva Loja grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Nueva Loja had a more sprawly network than Duaca in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.