Baguio in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Baguio in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Baguio plotted against Benguet and Philippines. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Baguio's incremental SNDi rose from 7.59 to 9.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Baguio ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Benguet and 113th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 9.24
- Rank in Philippines
- 113th of 114
- Rank in Benguet
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.84
- Rank in Philippines
- 113th of 114
- Rank in Benguet
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Joinville, Brazil
- Leicester, United Kingdom
- Rahika, India
- Satkania, Bangladesh
- Kedgaon, India
- Sirajganj, Bangladesh
In new street additions, Baguio built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Joinville fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Satkania built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Baguio and Joinville both became progressively more disconnected, while Satkania became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.