Salvaleón de Higüey in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Salvaleon de Higuey 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
Salvaleon de HigueyLa Altagracia (Region)Dominican Republic (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Salvaleón de Higüey plotted against La Altagracia and Dominican Republic. The SNDi of new construction in Salvaleón de Higüey followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to La Altagracia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Dominican Republic which rose steadily. Most recently, Salvaleón de Higüey's incremental SNDi rose from 2.16 to 2.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Salvaleón de Higüey ranked 1st out of 1 cities in La Altagracia and 6th out of 17 in Dominican Republic as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.77
Rank in Dominican Republic
5th of 17
Rank in La Altagracia
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.19
Rank in Dominican Republic
6th of 17
Rank in La Altagracia
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Salvaleon de HigueyGarciaDundee

In new street additions, Salvaleón de Higüey and García both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dundee built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Salvaleón de Higüey and Dundee both became progressively more disconnected, while García fluctuated in connectivity. Salvaleón de Higüey and García have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.