Bilwi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Bilwi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bilwi plotted against Atlántico Norte and Nicaragua. The SNDi of new construction in Bilwi peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Atlántico Norte which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Nicaragua which rose steadily. Most recently, Bilwi's incremental SNDi fell from 5.72 to 5.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bilwi ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Atlántico Norte and 10th out of 10 in Nicaragua as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.44
- Rank in Nicaragua
- 9th of 10
- Rank in Atlántico Norte
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.06
- Rank in Nicaragua
- 10th of 10
- Rank in Atlántico Norte
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Bilwi and Berdychiv both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Meru built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Bilwi had a more connected network than Berdychiv in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.