Tuguegarao in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tuguegarao in context

4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TuguegaraoCagayan (Region)Philippines (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tuguegarao plotted against Cagayan and Philippines. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Tuguegarao's incremental SNDi rose from 5.57 to 5.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tuguegarao ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Cagayan and 55th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.61
Rank in Philippines
52nd of 114
Rank in Cagayan
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.66
Rank in Philippines
55th of 114
Rank in Cagayan
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TuguegaraoBadkullaSukchon

In new street additions, Tuguegarao and Badkulla both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sukchon fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Tuguegarao and Badkulla both became progressively more disconnected, while Sukchon grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Tuguegarao had a more connected network than Sukchon in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.