Santo Domingo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santo Domingo in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santo DomingoDominican Republic (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santo Domingo plotted against Dominican Republic. The SNDi of new construction in Santo Domingo followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, while Dominican Republic rose steadily. Most recently, Santo Domingo's incremental SNDi rose from 3.89 to 4.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santo Domingo ranked 16th out of 17 in Dominican Republic as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.47
Rank in Dominican Republic
12th of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.68
Rank in Dominican Republic
16th of 17

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
Santo DomingoMonterreyKochi

While Monterrey and Kochi both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Santo Domingo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.