Caaguazú in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Caaguazu in context

1.82.12.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.12.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CaaguazuParaguay (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Caaguazú plotted against Paraguay. Both Caaguazú and Paraguay follow the same trend. Most recently, Caaguazú's incremental SNDi rose from 1.77 to 2.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Caaguazú ranked 4th out of 9 in Paraguay as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.13
Rank in Paraguay
4th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.78
Rank in Paraguay
4th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CaaguazuDos HermanasSchenectady

In new street additions, Caaguazú fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dos Hermanas built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Schenectady built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Caaguazú and Schenectady both became progressively more disconnected, while Dos Hermanas grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Caaguazú and Dos Hermanas have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.