Tacloban in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tacloban in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tacloban plotted against Leyte and Philippines. The SNDi of new construction in Tacloban peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Leyte which rose steadily and Philippines which rose steadily. Most recently, Tacloban's incremental SNDi fell from 5.68 to 5.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tacloban ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Leyte and 70th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.44
Rank in Philippines
46th of 114
Rank in Leyte
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.94
Rank in Philippines
70th of 114
Rank in Leyte
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TaclobanToritHosapete

In new street additions, Tacloban built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Torit built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Hosapete built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Tacloban and Hosapete both became progressively more disconnected, while Torit became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Tacloban and Hosapete have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.