Ambato in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ambato in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ambato plotted against Tungurahua and Ecuador. The SNDi of new construction in Ambato peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Tungurahua which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease and Ecuador which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Ambato's incremental SNDi fell from 3.19 to 3.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ambato ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Tungurahua and 28th out of 34 in Ecuador as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.11
- Rank in Ecuador
- 20th of 34
- Rank in Tungurahua
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.4
- Rank in Ecuador
- 28th of 34
- Rank in Tungurahua
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Ambato built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Nandyal built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Zouping built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Nandyal and Zouping both became progressively more disconnected, while Ambato grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Ambato had a more sprawly network than Nandyal in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.