Paita in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Paita 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
PaitaPiura (Region)Peru (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Paita plotted against Piura and Peru. The SNDi of new construction in Paita was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Piura which peaked in 1976-1990 and Peru which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Paita's incremental SNDi rose from 1.48 to 2.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Paita ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Piura and 8th out of 43 in Peru as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.72
Rank in Peru
24th of 43
Rank in Piura
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.75
Rank in Peru
8th of 43
Rank in Piura
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PaitaShahrezaLorient

In new street additions, Paita built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Shahreza fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Lorient built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Paita became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Shahreza fluctuated in connectivity and Lorient became progressively more disconnected. Paita and Lorient have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.