Palo Negro 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 Palo Negro plotted against Aragua and Venezuela. The SNDi of new construction in Palo Negro peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Aragua which rose steadily and Venezuela which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Palo Negro's incremental SNDi fell from 5.41 to 4.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Palo Negro ranked 3rd out of 5 cities in Aragua and 48th 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?

• Gouda, Netherlands
• Mirsharai, Bangladesh
• Puliyangudi, India
• Chervonohrad, Ukraine
• Atri, India
• Ja`ar, Yemen

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