Talara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Talara in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TalaraPiura (Region)Peru (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Talara plotted against Piura and Peru. While Piura and Peru both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Talara's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Talara's incremental SNDi rose from 2.7 to 3.22 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Talara ranked 4th out of 4 cities in Piura and 40th out of 43 in Peru as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.22
Rank in Peru
35th of 43
Rank in Piura
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.25
Rank in Peru
40th of 43
Rank in Piura
4th of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

5101520<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
5101520<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TalaraComillaLandshut

In new street additions, Talara and Landshut both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Comilla built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Talara grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Comilla became progressively more connected and Landshut became progressively more disconnected. Talara and Landshut have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.