Tiaong in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Tiaong in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tiaong plotted against Quezon and Philippines. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Tiaong's incremental SNDi rose from 6.56 to 8.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tiaong ranked 5th out of 5 cities in Quezon and 109th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.83
- Rank in Philippines
- 111th of 114
- Rank in Quezon
- 5th of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.38
- Rank in Philippines
- 109th of 114
- Rank in Quezon
- 5th 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, Tiaong and Dexing both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Daule fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Tiaong and Dexing both became progressively more disconnected, while Daule grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Tiaong and Daule have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.