Yurimaguas in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Yurimaguas in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YurimaguasLoreto (Region)Peru (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Yurimaguas plotted against Loreto and Peru. The SNDi of new construction in Yurimaguas peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Loreto which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Peru which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Yurimaguas's incremental SNDi fell from 2.75 to 2.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Yurimaguas ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Loreto and 19th out of 43 in Peru as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.54
Rank in Peru
17th of 43
Rank in Loreto
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.3
Rank in Peru
19th of 43
Rank in Loreto
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
YurimaguasKazaKogon

In new street additions, Yurimaguas built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kaza fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kogon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Yurimaguas became progressively more disconnected, while Kaza fluctuated in connectivity and Kogon grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Yurimaguas and Kaza have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.