Moca in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Moca in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MocaEspaillat (Region)Dominican Republic (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Moca plotted against Espaillat and Dominican Republic. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Moca's incremental SNDi rose from 3.86 to 4.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Moca ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Espaillat and 13th out of 17 in Dominican Republic as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.67
Rank in Dominican Republic
14th of 17
Rank in Espaillat
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.46
Rank in Dominican Republic
13th of 17
Rank in Espaillat
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
MocaBahadurpurNawalgarh

In new street additions, Moca and Nawalgarh both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bahadurpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Moca and Nawalgarh both became progressively more disconnected, while Bahadurpur fluctuated in connectivity. Moca and Bahadurpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.