Batangas City in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Batangas City in context

4.85.66.47.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4.85.66.47.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Batangas CityBatangas (Region)Philippines (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Batangas City plotted against Batangas and Philippines. The SNDi of new construction in Batangas City peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Batangas which rose steadily and Philippines which rose steadily. Most recently, Batangas City's incremental SNDi fell from 6.86 to 6.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Batangas City ranked 5th out of 6 cities in Batangas and 105th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.27
Rank in Philippines
76th of 114
Rank in Batangas
3rd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.13
Rank in Philippines
105th of 114
Rank in Batangas
5th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Batangas CityKansas CityGranada

In new street additions, Batangas City and Granada both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Kansas City built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Batangas City and Kansas City both became progressively more disconnected, while Granada grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Batangas City and Kansas City have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.