Mirebalais in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mirebalais in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MirebalaisCentre (Region)Haiti (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mirebalais plotted against Centre and Haiti. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Mirebalais's incremental SNDi rose from 3.03 to 5.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mirebalais ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Centre and 7th out of 21 in Haiti as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.18
Rank in Haiti
12th of 21
Rank in Centre
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.85
Rank in Haiti
7th of 21
Rank in Centre
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MirebalaisEspinalIowa City

In new street additions, Mirebalais and Iowa City both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Espinal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mirebalais and Iowa City both became progressively more disconnected, while Espinal grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Mirebalais had a more connected network than Espinal in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.