Dessalines in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dessalines in context

3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DessalinesL'Artibonite (Region)Haiti (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dessalines plotted against L'Artibonite and Haiti. The SNDi of new construction in Dessalines peaked in 1991-2005, compared to L'Artibonite which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Haiti which rose steadily. Most recently, Dessalines's incremental SNDi fell from 5.4 to 4.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dessalines ranked 4th out of 6 cities in L'Artibonite and 16th out of 21 in Haiti as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.37
Rank in Haiti
4th of 21
Rank in L'Artibonite
2nd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.57
Rank in Haiti
16th of 21
Rank in L'Artibonite
4th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DessalinesCaijiagangNew Al Abbasiya

In new street additions, Dessalines built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Caijiagang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and New Al Abbasiya built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Dessalines grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Caijiagang fluctuated in connectivity and New Al Abbasiya became progressively more disconnected. Dessalines and Caijiagang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.