Petite-Rivière-de-l'Artibonite in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Petite-Riviere-de-l'Artibonite in context

3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Petite-Riviere-de-l'ArtiboniteL'Artibonite (Region)Haiti (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Petite-Rivière-de-l'Artibonite plotted against L'Artibonite and Haiti. The SNDi of new construction in Petite-Rivière-de-l'Artibonite 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, Petite-Rivière-de-l'Artibonite's incremental SNDi fell from 6.49 to 4.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Petite-Rivière-de-l'Artibonite ranked 5th out of 6 cities in L'Artibonite and 19th out of 21 in Haiti as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.46
Rank in Haiti
6th of 21
Rank in L'Artibonite
3rd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.47
Rank in Haiti
19th of 21
Rank in L'Artibonite
5th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Petite-Riviere-de-l'ArtiboniteEl MiliaGingoog

In new street additions, Petite-Rivière-de-l'Artibonite and El Milia both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Gingoog fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, El Milia and Gingoog both became progressively more disconnected, while Petite-Rivière-de-l'Artibonite grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Petite-Rivière-de-l'Artibonite and El Milia have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.