Papeete in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Papeete in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Papeete plotted against Îles du Vent and French Polynesia. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Papeete's incremental SNDi rose from 8.53 to 10.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Papeete ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Îles du Vent and 1st out of 1 in French Polynesia as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 10.24
- Rank in French Polynesia
- 1st of 1
- Rank in Îles du Vent
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 8.86
- Rank in French Polynesia
- 1st of 1
- Rank in Îles du Vent
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Troyes, France
- Tenkasi, India
- Xin'an, China
- Dongfang, China
- San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
- Taoyuan, China
In new street additions, Papeete and Dongfang both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Troyes built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Papeete and Troyes both became progressively more disconnected, while Dongfang fluctuated in connectivity.