San Jose in context: Street-network sprawl trends
San Jose in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Jose plotted against Nueva Ecija and Philippines. The SNDi of new construction in San Jose followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Nueva Ecija which rose steadily and Philippines which rose steadily. Most recently, San Jose's incremental SNDi rose from 4.77 to 8.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Jose ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Nueva Ecija and 41st out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.39
- Rank in Philippines
- 109th of 114
- Rank in Nueva Ecija
- 4th of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.33
- Rank in Philippines
- 41st of 114
- Rank in Nueva Ecija
- 2nd of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, San Jose fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mashi built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Gobindpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, San Jose and Mashi both became progressively more disconnected, while Gobindpur became progressively more disconnected. Notably, San Jose had a more sprawly network than Gobindpur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.