Villarrica in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Villarrica in context

1.21.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
VillarricaGuaira (Region)Paraguay (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Villarrica plotted against Guairá and Paraguay. The SNDi of new construction in Villarrica rose steadily, compared to Guairá which rose steadily and Paraguay which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Villarrica's incremental SNDi rose from 1.68 to 2.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Villarrica ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Guairá and 1st out of 9 in Paraguay as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.6
Rank in Paraguay
7th of 9
Rank in Guairá
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.57
Rank in Paraguay
1st of 9
Rank in Guairá
1st of 1

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
VillarricaJinwanKunri

In new street additions, Jinwan and Kunri both fluctuated in street-construction patterns, while Villarrica built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Villarrica and Kunri both became progressively more disconnected, while Jinwan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Villarrica had a more sprawly network than Kunri in 1975, but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.