Panama City in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Panama City in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Panama CityFlorida (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Panama City plotted against Florida and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Panama City rose steadily, compared to Florida which rose steadily and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Panama City's incremental SNDi rose from 3.99 to 5.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Panama City ranked 3rd out of 27 cities in Florida and 117th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.0
Rank in United States
255th of 333
Rank in Florida
10th of 27

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.81
Rank in United States
117th of 333
Rank in Florida
3rd of 27

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

What about similarly populated cities?

481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Panama CityUnguwar FariMehari

In new street additions, Panama City built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Unguwar Fari built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Mehari built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Panama City became progressively more disconnected, while Unguwar Fari became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Mehari became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Panama City and Unguwar Fari have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.