Kapatagan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kapatagan in context

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KapataganLanao del Norte (Region)Philippines (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kapatagan plotted against Lanao del Norte and Philippines. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kapatagan's incremental SNDi rose from 3.74 to 4.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kapatagan ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Lanao del Norte and 2nd out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.21
Rank in Philippines
7th of 114
Rank in Lanao del Norte
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.16
Rank in Philippines
2nd of 114
Rank in Lanao del Norte
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KapataganSabinasDeh Rawud

In new street additions, Kapatagan built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sabinas fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Deh Rawud built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Kapatagan and Sabinas both became progressively more disconnected, while Deh Rawud grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Kapatagan and Sabinas have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.