Asuncion in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Asuncion in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Asuncion plotted against Central and Paraguay. The SNDi of new construction in Asuncion rose steadily, compared to Central which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Paraguay which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Asuncion's incremental SNDi rose from 2.37 to 2.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Asuncion ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Central and 7th out of 9 in Paraguay as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.79
- Rank in Paraguay
- 9th of 9
- Rank in Central
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.06
- Rank in Paraguay
- 7th of 9
- Rank in Central
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, India
- Datong, China
- Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Tijuana, México
- Pretoria, South Africa
- Mecca, Saudi Arabia
In new street additions, Asuncion and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tijuana fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.