San Jose in context: Street-network sprawl trends

San Jose in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San JoseAntique (Region)Philippines (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Jose plotted against Antique and Philippines. The SNDi of new construction in San Jose followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Antique which peaked in 1991-2005 and Philippines which rose steadily. Most recently, San Jose's incremental SNDi rose from 3.64 to 5.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Jose ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Antique as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.38
Rank in Antique
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.88
Rank in Antique
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
036912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San JoseEl EstorGoalanda

In new street additions, San Jose and Goalanda both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while El Estor built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, San Jose and El Estor both became progressively more disconnected, while Goalanda fluctuated in connectivity. San Jose and Goalanda have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.