Gonaïves in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gonaives in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GonaivesL'Artibonite (Region)Haiti (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gonaïves plotted against L'Artibonite and Haiti. While L'Artibonite and Haiti both rose steadily, Gonaïves's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Gonaïves's incremental SNDi rose from 4.36 to 5.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gonaïves ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in L'Artibonite and 5th out of 21 in Haiti as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.62
Rank in Haiti
15th of 21
Rank in L'Artibonite
5th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.68
Rank in Haiti
5th of 21
Rank in L'Artibonite
2nd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GonaivesAsahikawaKhorramabad

In new street additions, Gonaïves and Khorramabad both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Asahikawa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Gonaïves and Asahikawa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.