Suva in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Suva in context

67891011<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
67891011<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SuvaCentral (Region)Fiji (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Suva plotted against Central and Fiji. The SNDi of new construction in Suva rose steadily, compared to Central which rose steadily and Fiji which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Suva's incremental SNDi rose from 10.17 to 11.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Suva ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Central and 2nd out of 2 in Fiji as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
11.0
Rank in Fiji
2nd of 2
Rank in Central
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.46
Rank in Fiji
2nd of 2
Rank in Central
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SuvaEl OuedFormosa

In new street additions, Suva built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while El Oued built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Formosa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Suva and Formosa both became progressively more disconnected, while El Oued became progressively more connected.