Ormoc in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ormoc in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ormoc plotted against Leyte and Philippines. The SNDi of new construction in Ormoc peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Leyte which rose steadily and Philippines which rose steadily. Most recently, Ormoc's incremental SNDi fell from 6.14 to 5.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ormoc ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Leyte and 74th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.74
- Rank in Philippines
- 61st of 114
- Rank in Leyte
- 2nd of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.99
- Rank in Philippines
- 74th of 114
- Rank in Leyte
- 2nd of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Yuxian, China
- Lingshui Li Autonomous County, China
- Dongchuan, China
- Bulo Burto, Somalia
- Huaining, China
- Dungarpur, India
While Yuxian and Bulo Burto both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Ormoc built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Yuxian and Bulo Burto both fluctuated in connectivity, while Ormoc became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Ormoc had a more connected network than Yuxian in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.