Moca in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Moca in context
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?
- Bahadurpur, India
- Kopargaon, India
- Thuringowa Central, Australia
- Nawalgarh, India
- Lantian, China
- Doda, Jammu and Kashmir
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.