Arayat in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Arayat in context

4.55.46.37.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
4.55.46.37.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ArayatPampanga (Region)Philippines (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Arayat plotted against Pampanga and Philippines. While Pampanga and Philippines both rose steadily, Arayat's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Arayat's incremental SNDi rose from 5.45 to 6.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Arayat ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Pampanga and 66th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.94
Rank in Philippines
97th of 114
Rank in Pampanga
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.9
Rank in Philippines
66th of 114
Rank in Pampanga
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ArayatBajo PichanaquiGreve Strand

While Bajo Pichanaqui and Greve Strand both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Arayat built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Arayat and Greve Strand both became progressively more disconnected, while Bajo Pichanaqui fluctuated in connectivity. Arayat and Bajo Pichanaqui have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.