Cabanatuan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cabanatuan in context

4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CabanatuanNueva Ecija (Region)Philippines (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cabanatuan plotted against Nueva Ecija and Philippines. The SNDi of new construction in Cabanatuan peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Nueva Ecija which rose steadily and Philippines which rose steadily. Most recently, Cabanatuan's incremental SNDi fell from 4.97 to 4.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cabanatuan ranked 3rd out of 5 cities in Nueva Ecija and 48th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.89
Rank in Philippines
27th of 114
Rank in Nueva Ecija
1st of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.45
Rank in Philippines
48th of 114
Rank in Nueva Ecija
3rd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CabanatuanDharashivUrgench

In new street additions, Cabanatuan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Dharashiv fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Urgench built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Cabanatuan and Dharashiv have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.