Masbate City in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Masbate City in context

5.46.37.28.1<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
5.46.37.28.1<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Masbate CityMasbate (Region)Philippines (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Masbate City plotted against Masbate and Philippines. The SNDi of new construction in Masbate City peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Masbate which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Philippines which rose steadily. Most recently, Masbate City's incremental SNDi fell from 6.79 to 5.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Masbate City ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Masbate and 110th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.93
Rank in Philippines
64th of 114
Rank in Masbate
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.45
Rank in Philippines
110th of 114
Rank in Masbate
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Masbate CityShajapurThanam

In new street additions, Masbate City built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Shajapur built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Thanam fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Masbate City grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Shajapur became progressively more disconnected and Thanam fluctuated in connectivity. Masbate City and Shajapur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.