Encarnacion in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Encarnacion in context

1.822.22.42.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.822.22.42.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
EncarnacionItapua (Region)Paraguay (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Encarnacion plotted against Itapúa and Paraguay. The SNDi of new construction in Encarnacion peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Itapúa which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease and Paraguay which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Encarnacion's incremental SNDi fell from 2.02 to 1.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Encarnacion ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Itapúa and 6th out of 9 in Paraguay as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.94
Rank in Paraguay
3rd of 9
Rank in Itapúa
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.0
Rank in Paraguay
6th of 9
Rank in Itapúa
1st of 1

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
EncarnacionMekarsariVenjaramoodu

In new street additions, Encarnacion and Mekarsari both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Venjaramoodu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Encarnacion grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Mekarsari became progressively more disconnected and Venjaramoodu became progressively more connected.