Trujillo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Trujillo in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TrujilloLa Libertad (Region)Peru (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Trujillo plotted against La Libertad and Peru. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Trujillo's incremental SNDi rose from 1.83 to 2.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Trujillo ranked 1st out of 1 cities in La Libertad and 4th out of 43 in Peru as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.55
Rank in Peru
18th of 43
Rank in La Libertad
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.65
Rank in Peru
4th of 43
Rank in La Libertad
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TrujilloSaint PetersburgGaza

In new street additions, Trujillo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Saint Petersburg built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Gaza built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.