Mati in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mati in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MatiDavao Oriental (Region)Philippines (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mati plotted against Davao Oriental and Philippines. The SNDi of new construction in Mati peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Davao Oriental which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Philippines which rose steadily. Most recently, Mati's incremental SNDi fell from 4.01 to 3.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mati ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Davao Oriental and 6th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.27
Rank in Philippines
1st of 114
Rank in Davao Oriental
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.32
Rank in Philippines
6th of 114
Rank in Davao Oriental
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MatiConcepcionAzua

In new street additions, Mati built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Concepción built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Azua fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mati grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Concepción became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Azua became progressively more disconnected. Mati and Concepción have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.