La Victoria in context: Street-network sprawl trends

La Victoria in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
La VictoriaAragua (Region)Venezuela (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with La Victoria plotted against Aragua and Venezuela. The SNDi of new construction in La Victoria peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Aragua which rose steadily and Venezuela which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, La Victoria's incremental SNDi fell from 6.07 to 5.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, La Victoria ranked 4th out of 5 cities in Aragua and 49th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.82
Rank in Venezuela
49th of 70
Rank in Aragua
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.48
Rank in Venezuela
49th of 70
Rank in Aragua
4th of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
La VictoriaYangsanAmarillo

In new street additions, La Victoria and Amarillo both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Yangsan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. La Victoria and Amarillo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.