Grand Goâve in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Grand Goave in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Grand GoaveOuest (Region)Haiti (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Grand Goâve plotted against Ouest and Haiti. While Ouest and Haiti both rose steadily, Grand Goâve's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Grand Goâve's incremental SNDi rose from 5.36 to 5.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Grand Goâve ranked 3rd out of 6 cities in Ouest and 10th out of 21 in Haiti as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.92
Rank in Haiti
16th of 21
Rank in Ouest
5th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.05
Rank in Haiti
10th of 21
Rank in Ouest
3rd 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
Grand GoaveAtlantisAl Khafji

In new street additions, Grand Goâve built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Atlantis built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Al Khafji built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. Looking at the full network, Atlantis and Al Khafji both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Grand Goâve became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Grand Goâve had a more connected network than Atlantis in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.