San Mateo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

San Mateo in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Mateo plotted against Aragua and Venezuela. While Aragua and Venezuela both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, San Mateo's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, San Mateo's incremental SNDi rose from 4.42 to 10.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Mateo ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Aragua and 39th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
10.93
Rank in Venezuela
70th of 70
Rank in Aragua
5th of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.73
Rank in Venezuela
39th of 70
Rank in Aragua
2nd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San MateoPenaflorMantes-la-Ville

In new street additions, San Mateo fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Peñaflor fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Mantes-la-Ville built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, San Mateo and Mantes-la-Ville both became progressively more disconnected, while Peñaflor became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. San Mateo and Mantes-la-Ville have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.