Paradise in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Paradise in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ParadiseDemerara-Mahaica (Region)Guyana (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Paradise plotted against Demerara-Mahaica and Guyana. The SNDi of new construction in Paradise followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Demerara-Mahaica which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease and Guyana which was at its lowest in 1991-2005. Most recently, Paradise's incremental SNDi rose from 3.56 to 4.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Paradise ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Demerara-Mahaica and 2nd out of 2 in Guyana as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.28
Rank in Guyana
2nd of 2
Rank in Demerara-Mahaica
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.68
Rank in Guyana
2nd of 2
Rank in Demerara-Mahaica
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ParadiseMaluruTrudovoe

In new street additions, Paradise and Трудовое both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Maluru built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Maluru and Трудовое both became progressively more disconnected, while Paradise fluctuated in connectivity. Paradise and Maluru have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.