Lemery in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lemery in context

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LemeryBatangas (Region)Philippines (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lemery plotted against Batangas and Philippines. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Lemery's incremental SNDi rose from 6.05 to 6.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lemery ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Batangas and 72nd out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.39
Rank in Philippines
83rd of 114
Rank in Batangas
5th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.98
Rank in Philippines
72nd of 114
Rank in Batangas
2nd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.64.55.46.3<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LemeryBac LieuKasangulu

In new street additions, Lemery and Kasangulu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bạc Liêu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Lemery and Kasangulu both became progressively more disconnected, while Bạc Liêu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Lemery and Bạc Liêu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.