Gapan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gapan in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GapanNueva Ecija (Region)Philippines (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gapan plotted against Nueva Ecija and Philippines. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Gapan's incremental SNDi rose from 7.36 to 9.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gapan ranked 5th out of 5 cities in Nueva Ecija and 103rd out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
9.64
Rank in Philippines
114th of 114
Rank in Nueva Ecija
5th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.97
Rank in Philippines
103rd of 114
Rank in Nueva Ecija
5th of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GapanQuoc OaiHuangmei County

In new street additions, Gapan built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Quốc Oai built increasingly connected streets over time and Huangmei County built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Gapan became progressively more disconnected, while Quốc Oai became progressively more connected and Huangmei County grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Gapan had a more connected network than Quốc Oai in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.