Pedro Juan Caballero in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pedro Juan Caballero in context

1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pedro Juan CaballeroAmambay (Region)Paraguay (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pedro Juan Caballero plotted against Amambay and Paraguay. The SNDi of new construction in Pedro Juan Caballero peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Amambay which peaked in 1991-2005 and Paraguay which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Pedro Juan Caballero's incremental SNDi fell from 1.93 to 1.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pedro Juan Caballero ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Amambay and 2nd out of 9 in Paraguay as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.78
Rank in Paraguay
2nd of 9
Rank in Amambay
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.58
Rank in Paraguay
2nd of 9
Rank in Amambay
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.21.41.61.82<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.41.61.82<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pedro Juan CaballeroBen GuerirBaia

In new street additions, Pedro Juan Caballero and Baía both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Ben Guerir built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Ben Guerir and Baía both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Pedro Juan Caballero became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Pedro Juan Caballero had a more connected network than Ben Guerir in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.