Huancayo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Huancayo in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HuancayoJunin (Region)Peru (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Huancayo plotted against Junín and Peru. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Huancayo's incremental SNDi rose from 2.96 to 3.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Huancayo ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Junín and 30th out of 43 in Peru as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.05
Rank in Peru
31st of 43
Rank in Junín
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.56
Rank in Peru
30th of 43
Rank in Junín
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HuancayoKaliningradHanzhong

In new street additions, Huancayo and Hanzhong both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kaliningrad built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Huancayo had a more sprawly network than Hanzhong in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.