Arraiján in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Arraijan in context

45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ArraijanPanama Oeste (Region)Panama (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Arraiján plotted against Panamá Oeste and Panama. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Arraiján's incremental SNDi rose from 6.93 to 7.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Arraiján ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Panamá Oeste and 5th out of 5 in Panama as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.91
Rank in Panama
4th of 5
Rank in Panamá Oeste
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.53
Rank in Panama
5th of 5
Rank in Panamá Oeste
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
ArraijanNancyVaniyambadi

In new street additions, Arraiján built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Nancy built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Vaniyambadi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Arraiján and Nancy both became progressively more disconnected, while Vaniyambadi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Arraiján and Nancy have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.