Lipa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lipa in context

567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LipaBatangas (Region)Philippines (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lipa plotted against Batangas and Philippines. The SNDi of new construction in Lipa peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Batangas which rose steadily and Philippines which rose steadily. Most recently, Lipa's incremental SNDi fell from 6.73 to 6.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lipa ranked 6th out of 6 cities in Batangas and 107th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.73
Rank in Philippines
95th of 114
Rank in Batangas
6th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.28
Rank in Philippines
107th of 114
Rank in Batangas
6th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LipaZhoukouJiangyin

In new street additions, Lipa and Zhoukou both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Jiangyin fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Lipa and Jiangyin both became progressively more disconnected, while Zhoukou grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Lipa and Zhoukou have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.