Biruaca 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 Biruaca plotted against Apure and Venezuela. The SNDi of new construction in Biruaca was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Apure which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Venezuela which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Biruaca's incremental SNDi rose from 3.55 to 4.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Biruaca ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Apure and 36th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Ashkelon, Israel
• Tanchon, North Korea
• Tân Phú, Vietnam
• Hisor, Tajikistan
• Aalborg, Denmark
• Koh-i-Sayad, Afghanistan

In new street additions, Biruaca built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Ashkelon fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Hisor built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Biruaca became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Ashkelon fluctuated in connectivity and Hisor grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Biruaca and Ashkelon have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.