Olongapo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Olongapo in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Olongapo plotted against Zambales and Philippines. The SNDi of new construction in Olongapo followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Zambales which peaked in 1991-2005 and Philippines which rose steadily. Most recently, Olongapo's incremental SNDi rose from 5.66 to 7.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Olongapo ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Zambales and 64th out of 114 in Philippines as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.6
Rank in Philippines
103rd of 114
Rank in Zambales
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.89
Rank in Philippines
64th of 114
Rank in Zambales
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OlongapoChiamyt lwsT~

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