Roxas 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 Roxas plotted against Capiz and Philippines. The SNDi of new construction in Roxas peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Capiz which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and Philippines which rose steadily. Most recently, Roxas's incremental SNDi fell from 5.37 to 5.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Roxas ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Capiz and 79th 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?

• Tongchuan, China
• Sherkot, India
• Tottori, Japan
• Zamora, México
• Hirosaki, Japan
• Apeldoorn, Netherlands

In new street additions, Roxas and Zamora both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Tongchuan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Roxas and Zamora both became progressively more disconnected, while Tongchuan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Roxas and Tongchuan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.