La Chorrera in context: Street-network sprawl trends
La Chorrera in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with La Chorrera plotted against Panamá Oeste and Panama. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, La Chorrera's incremental SNDi rose from 6.0 to 8.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, La Chorrera ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Panamá Oeste and 3rd out of 5 in Panama as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.71
- Rank in Panama
- 5th of 5
- Rank in Panamá Oeste
- 2nd of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.31
- Rank in Panama
- 3rd of 5
- Rank in Panamá Oeste
- 1st of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Barshi, India
- Chirand, India
- Waria, India
- Liulin, China
- Temanggung, Indonesia
- North Lakhimpur, India
La Chorrera, Barshi, and Liulin all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, La Chorrera had a more connected network than Liulin in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.