Hernandarias in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Hernandarias in context

1.51.82.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.51.82.12.42.7<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HernandariasAlto Parana (Region)Paraguay (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Hernandarias plotted against Alto Paraná and Paraguay. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Hernandarias's incremental SNDi rose from 1.72 to 1.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hernandarias ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Alto Paraná and 3rd out of 9 in Paraguay as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.72
Rank in Paraguay
1st of 9
Rank in Alto Paraná
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.72
Rank in Paraguay
3rd of 9
Rank in Alto Paraná
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HernandariasYongdeZhenhai District

In new street additions, Hernandarias fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Yongde built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Zhenhai District built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Hernandarias became progressively more disconnected, while Yongde grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Zhenhai District grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Hernandarias and Yongde have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.