Kidapawan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kidapawan in context

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KidapawanNorth Cotabato (Region)Philippines (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kidapawan plotted against North Cotabato and Philippines. While North Cotabato and Philippines both rose steadily, Kidapawan's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Kidapawan's incremental SNDi rose from 3.6 to 4.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kidapawan ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in North Cotabato and 12th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.8
Rank in Philippines
19th of 114
Rank in North Cotabato
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.62
Rank in Philippines
12th of 114
Rank in North Cotabato
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KidapawanSapirangaDong Ha

In new street additions, Kidapawan and Sapiranga both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Đông Hà built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kidapawan and Sapiranga both became progressively more disconnected, while Đông Hà grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Kidapawan and Sapiranga have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.