Ewa Beach in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ewa Beach in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ewa Beach plotted against Hawaii and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Ewa Beach followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Hawaii which peaked in 1976-1990 and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Ewa Beach's incremental SNDi fell from 5.38 to 4.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ewa Beach ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Hawaii and 316th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.06
Rank in United States
151st of 333
Rank in Hawaii
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.55
Rank in United States
316th of 333
Rank in Hawaii
3rd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ewa BeachAnuradhapuraQotur

While Anuradhapura and Qotur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Ewa Beach fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Anuradhapura and Qotur both became progressively more disconnected, while Ewa Beach became progressively more connected. Ewa Beach and Anuradhapura have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.