Las Mercedes in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Las Mercedes in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Las MercedesApure (Region)Venezuela (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Las Mercedes plotted against Apure and Venezuela. The SNDi of new construction in Las Mercedes rose steadily, 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, Las Mercedes's incremental SNDi rose from 5.51 to 10.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Las Mercedes ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Apure and 62nd out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
10.23
Rank in Venezuela
68th of 70
Rank in Apure
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.66
Rank in Venezuela
62nd of 70
Rank in Apure
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Las MercedesPindi GhebManassas Park

In new street additions, Las Mercedes and Pindi Gheb both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Manassas Park built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Las Mercedes and Pindi Gheb both became progressively more disconnected, while Manassas Park grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Las Mercedes and Manassas Park have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.