Nasugbu 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 Nasugbu plotted against Batangas and Philippines. The SNDi of new construction in Nasugbu peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Batangas which rose steadily and Philippines which rose steadily. Most recently, Nasugbu's incremental SNDi fell from 4.65 to 4.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nasugbu ranked 1st out of 6 cities in Batangas and 35th 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?

• Buhalpur, India
• Almoloya de Juárez, México
• Aïn El Aouda, Morocco
• Alexandrov, Russia
• Binga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Thippanampatti, India

In new street additions, Nasugbu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Buhalpur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Alexandrov built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Nasugbu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Buhalpur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Alexandrov became progressively more disconnected. Nasugbu and Buhalpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.