Chiclayo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chiclayo 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
ChiclayoLambayeque (Region)Peru (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chiclayo plotted against Lambayeque and Peru. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Chiclayo's incremental SNDi rose from 2.19 to 2.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chiclayo ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Lambayeque and 10th out of 43 in Peru as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.68
Rank in Peru
22nd of 43
Rank in Lambayeque
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.91
Rank in Peru
10th of 43
Rank in Lambayeque
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChiclayoBannuSagar

While Bannu and Sagar both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Chiclayo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Chiclayo and Bannu have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.