General Santos in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with General Santos plotted against South Cotabato and Philippines. The SNDi of new construction in General Santos followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to South Cotabato which rose steadily and Philippines which rose steadily. Most recently, General Santos's incremental SNDi rose from 4.27 to 4.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, General Santos ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in South Cotabato and 23rd out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Bhore, India
• Dindigul, India
• Boumerdes, Algeria
• Qarshi, Uzbekistan
• Yitang, China
• Valledupar, Colombia

In new street additions, General Santos and Qarshi both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bhore built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, General Santos and Qarshi both became progressively more disconnected, while Bhore became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. General Santos and Bhore have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.