Piura in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Piura in context

1.82.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PiuraPeru (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Piura plotted against Peru. The SNDi of new construction in Piura peaked in 1976-1990, while Peru followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Piura's incremental SNDi fell from 2.7 to 2.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Piura ranked 28th out of 43 in Peru as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.62
Rank in Peru
20th of 43

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.52
Rank in Peru
28th of 43

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
PiuraNagercoilCuito

While Nagercoil and Cuito both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Piura built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Piura and Cuito have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.