Paniqui in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Paniqui in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Paniqui plotted against Tarlac and Philippines. The SNDi of new construction in Paniqui peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Tarlac which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Philippines which rose steadily. Most recently, Paniqui's incremental SNDi fell from 6.09 to 4.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Paniqui ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Tarlac and 98th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.47
- Rank in Philippines
- 14th of 114
- Rank in Tarlac
- 2nd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.68
- Rank in Philippines
- 98th of 114
- Rank in Tarlac
- 3rd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Paniqui built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Nagahama built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Kelibia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Paniqui grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Nagahama became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Kelibia fluctuated in connectivity.