Santa Cruz in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santa Cruz in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santa Cruz plotted against Laguna and Philippines. While Laguna and Philippines both rose steadily, Santa Cruz's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Santa Cruz's incremental SNDi rose from 5.71 to 6.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santa Cruz ranked 4th out of 5 cities in Laguna and 87th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.33
Rank in Philippines
79th of 114
Rank in Laguna
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.32
Rank in Philippines
87th of 114
Rank in Laguna
4th of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santa CruzSongkhlaGalkayo

In new street additions, Santa Cruz and Songkhla both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Galkayo built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Santa Cruz and Songkhla both became progressively more disconnected, while Galkayo became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Santa Cruz had a more connected network than Songkhla in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.