San Francisco de Macorís in context: Street-network sprawl trends

San Francisco de Macoris in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Francisco de MacorisDuarte (Region)Dominican Republic (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Francisco de Macorís plotted against Duarte and Dominican Republic. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, San Francisco de Macorís's incremental SNDi rose from 2.71 to 3.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Francisco de Macorís ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Duarte and 11th out of 17 in Dominican Republic as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.84
Rank in Dominican Republic
11th of 17
Rank in Duarte
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.69
Rank in Dominican Republic
11th of 17
Rank in Duarte
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Francisco de MacorisSarasotaGurdaspur

In new street additions, San Francisco de Macorís and Gurdaspur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sarasota built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. San Francisco de Macorís and Sarasota have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.