Paysandú in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Paysandu in context

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PaysanduUruguay (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Paysandú plotted against Uruguay. Both Paysandú and Uruguay follow the same trend. Most recently, Paysandú's incremental SNDi rose from 2.01 to 2.96 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Paysandú ranked 2nd out of 8 in Uruguay as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.96
Rank in Uruguay
2nd of 8

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.41
Rank in Uruguay
2nd of 8

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PaysanduDiinsoorZafarwal

While Diinsoor and Zafarwal both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Paysandú built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Diinsoor and Zafarwal both fluctuated in connectivity, while Paysandú became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Paysandú had a more sprawly network than Diinsoor in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.