Mao in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mao 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
MaoValverde (Region)Dominican Republic (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mao plotted against Valverde and Dominican Republic. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Mao's incremental SNDi rose from 2.44 to 2.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mao ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Valverde and 4th out of 17 in Dominican Republic as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.9
Rank in Dominican Republic
6th of 17
Rank in Valverde
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.92
Rank in Dominican Republic
4th of 17
Rank in Valverde
2nd of 2

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
MaoXiaMithapur

Mao, Xia, and Mithapur all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Mao had a more sprawly network than Mithapur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.