Petit-Goâve in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Petit-Goave in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Petit-Goâve plotted against Ouest and Haiti. The SNDi of new construction in Petit-Goâve followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Ouest which peaked in 1991-2005 and Haiti which rose steadily. Most recently, Petit-Goâve's incremental SNDi rose from 4.77 to 6.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Petit-Goâve ranked 6th out of 6 cities in Ouest and 17th out of 21 in Haiti as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.0
- Rank in Haiti
- 17th of 21
- Rank in Ouest
- 6th of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.07
- Rank in Haiti
- 17th of 21
- Rank in Ouest
- 6th of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Petit-Goâve fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Attur built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Sunchon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Petit-Goâve and Attur both became progressively more disconnected, while Sunchon grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Petit-Goâve had a more connected network than Attur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.