Lucena in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lucena in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lucena plotted against Quezon and Philippines. The SNDi of new construction in Lucena followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Quezon which rose steadily and Philippines which rose steadily. Most recently, Lucena's incremental SNDi rose from 5.01 to 5.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lucena ranked 3rd out of 5 cities in Quezon and 67th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.49
Rank in Philippines
50th of 114
Rank in Quezon
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.9
Rank in Philippines
67th of 114
Rank in Quezon
3rd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LucenaAl-QadarifBoise

In new street additions, Lucena and Al-Qadarif both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Boise built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Lucena became progressively more disconnected, while Al-Qadarif grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Boise grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Lucena and Al-Qadarif have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.