Liberia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Liberia in context

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LiberiaGuanacaste (Region)Costa Rica (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Liberia plotted against Guanacaste and Costa Rica. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Liberia's incremental SNDi rose from 3.25 to 4.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Liberia ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Guanacaste and 1st out of 5 in Costa Rica as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.1
Rank in Costa Rica
1st of 5
Rank in Guanacaste
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.97
Rank in Costa Rica
1st of 5
Rank in Guanacaste
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LiberiaAl BeidhaKolasib

Liberia, Al Beidha, and Kolasib all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. For the full network, Liberia and Al Beidha both became progressively more disconnected, while Kolasib became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Liberia and Kolasib have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.