Polomolok in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Polomolok in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Polomolok plotted against South Cotabato and Philippines. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Polomolok's incremental SNDi rose from 5.25 to 6.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Polomolok ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in South Cotabato and 50th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.01
Rank in Philippines
68th of 114
Rank in South Cotabato
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.54
Rank in Philippines
50th of 114
Rank in South Cotabato
3rd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PolomolokPhu XuyenMurtijapur

In new street additions, Polomolok built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Phu Xuyen built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Murtijapur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Polomolok and Murtijapur both became progressively more disconnected, while Phu Xuyen became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Polomolok and Phu Xuyen have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.