Iloilo City in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Iloilo City in context

56789<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
56789<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Iloilo CityIloilo (Region)Philippines (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Iloilo City plotted against Iloilo and Philippines. The SNDi of new construction in Iloilo City followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Iloilo which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and Philippines which rose steadily. Most recently, Iloilo City's incremental SNDi rose from 5.89 to 8.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Iloilo City ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Iloilo and 114th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.75
Rank in Philippines
110th of 114
Rank in Iloilo
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.02
Rank in Philippines
114th of 114
Rank in Iloilo
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Iloilo CityZariaZurich

In new street additions, Iloilo City fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Zaria built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Zurich built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Iloilo City and Zaria have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.