La Romana in context: Street-network sprawl trends
La Romana in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with La Romana plotted against Dominican Republic. The SNDi of new construction in La Romana followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, while Dominican Republic rose steadily. Most recently, La Romana's incremental SNDi rose from 1.29 to 1.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, La Romana ranked 1st out of 17 in Dominican Republic as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.88
- Rank in Dominican Republic
- 1st of 17
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.54
- Rank in Dominican Republic
- 1st of 17
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Ambano, Madagascar
- Vanderbijlpark, South Africa
- Ziguinchor, Senegal
- Reno, United States
- Koléa, Algeria
- Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
In new street additions, La Romana and Ambano both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Reno built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, La Romana and Ambano both fluctuated in connectivity, while Reno became progressively more disconnected. La Romana and Reno have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.