Huaraz in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Huaraz in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HuarazAncash (Region)Peru (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Huaraz plotted against Ancash and Peru. While Ancash and Peru both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Huaraz's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Huaraz's incremental SNDi rose from 3.14 to 4.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Huaraz ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Ancash and 29th out of 43 in Peru as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.93
Rank in Peru
41st of 43
Rank in Ancash
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.52
Rank in Peru
29th of 43
Rank in Ancash
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HuarazAbbasabadBhopatpur

In new street additions, Huaraz fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Abbasabad built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Bhopatpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Huaraz and Abbasabad both became progressively more disconnected, while Bhopatpur fluctuated in connectivity. Huaraz and Abbasabad have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.