Puerto Maldonado in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Puerto Maldonado 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
Puerto MaldonadoMadre de Dios (Region)Peru (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Puerto Maldonado plotted against Madre de Dios and Peru. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Puerto Maldonado's incremental SNDi rose from 2.15 to 2.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Puerto Maldonado ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Madre de Dios and 18th out of 43 in Peru as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.65
Rank in Peru
21st of 43
Rank in Madre de Dios
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.3
Rank in Peru
18th of 43
Rank in Madre de Dios
1st of 1

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
Puerto MaldonadoMboudaBhalki

In new street additions, Puerto Maldonado and Mbouda both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bhalki built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Puerto Maldonado and Mbouda both became progressively more disconnected, while Bhalki became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.