Santiago de los Caballeros in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santiago de los Caballeros in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santiago de los CaballerosSantiago (Region)Dominican Republic (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santiago de los Caballeros plotted against Santiago and Dominican Republic. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Santiago de los Caballeros's incremental SNDi rose from 4.26 to 4.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santiago de los Caballeros ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Santiago and 17th out of 17 in Dominican Republic as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.89
Rank in Dominican Republic
15th of 17
Rank in Santiago
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.76
Rank in Dominican Republic
17th of 17
Rank in Santiago
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santiago de los CaballerosChongjinKumamoto

While Chŏngjin and Kumamoto both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Santiago de los Caballeros built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Santiago de los Caballeros and Kumamoto both became progressively more disconnected, while Chŏngjin grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Santiago de los Caballeros and Chŏngjin have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.