Midsayap in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Midsayap in context

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MidsayapNorth Cotabato (Region)Philippines (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Midsayap plotted against North Cotabato and Philippines. While North Cotabato and Philippines both rose steadily, Midsayap's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Midsayap's incremental SNDi rose from 4.56 to 5.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Midsayap ranked 1st out of 2 cities in North Cotabato and 10th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.49
Rank in Philippines
49th of 114
Rank in North Cotabato
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.5
Rank in Philippines
10th of 114
Rank in North Cotabato
1st 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
MidsayapLobanovoAweday

In new street additions, Midsayap and Лобаново both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Aweday fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Midsayap and Лобаново both became progressively more disconnected, while Aweday fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Midsayap had a more connected network than Aweday in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.