Cabiao in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cabiao in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cabiao plotted against Nueva Ecija and Philippines. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Cabiao's incremental SNDi rose from 4.48 to 6.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cabiao ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Nueva Ecija and 34th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.9
Rank in Philippines
96th of 114
Rank in Nueva Ecija
2nd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.17
Rank in Philippines
34th of 114
Rank in Nueva Ecija
1st of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CabiaoBriaNjeru

In new street additions, Cabiao and Njeru both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bria fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Cabiao had a more sprawly network than Bria in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.