El Tigre in context: Street-network sprawl trends
El Tigre in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El Tigre plotted against Anzoátegui and Venezuela. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, El Tigre's incremental SNDi rose from 1.98 to 4.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El Tigre ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Anzoátegui and 8th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.09
- Rank in Venezuela
- 25th of 70
- Rank in Anzoátegui
- 3rd of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.33
- Rank in Venezuela
- 8th of 70
- Rank in Anzoátegui
- 1st of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
El Tigre, Huazhou, and Zhongwei all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. El Tigre and Huazhou have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.