Balanga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Balanga plotted against Bataan and Philippines. The SNDi of new construction in Balanga peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Bataan which peaked in 1991-2005 and Philippines which rose steadily. Most recently, Balanga's incremental SNDi fell from 6.03 to 5.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Balanga ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Bataan and 78th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Mamrezpur Al, India
• Tizi Ouzou, Algeria
• Poços de Caldas, Brazil
• Jaysingpur, India
• Qaryat at Taliah, Iraq
• Bani Gala, Pakistan

In new street additions, Balanga built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Mamrezpur Al fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Jaysingpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Balanga became progressively more disconnected, while Mamrezpur Al fluctuated in connectivity and Jaysingpur fluctuated in connectivity.