Huacho in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Huacho in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HuachoLima (Region)Peru (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Huacho plotted against Lima and Peru. While Lima and Peru both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Huacho's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Huacho's incremental SNDi rose from 2.24 to 2.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Huacho ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Lima and 22nd out of 43 in Peru as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.95
Rank in Peru
30th of 43
Rank in Lima
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.39
Rank in Peru
22nd of 43
Rank in Lima
2nd of 3

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
HuachoRajanpurAkcaabat

Huacho, Rajanpur, and Akçaabat all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Huacho and Akçaabat have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.