Butuan in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Butuan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Butuan plotted against Agusan del Norte and Philippines. While Agusan del Norte and Philippines both rose steadily, Butuan's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Butuan's incremental SNDi rose from 5.57 to 5.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Butuan ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Agusan del Norte and 60th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.71
- Rank in Philippines
- 60th of 114
- Rank in Agusan del Norte
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.8
- Rank in Philippines
- 60th of 114
- Rank in Agusan del 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, Butuan built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while La Rioja built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Gajraula built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Butuan became progressively more disconnected, while La Rioja grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Gajraula became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Butuan and La Rioja have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.