Villa de Cura in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Villa de Cura in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Villa de CuraAragua (Region)Venezuela (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Villa de Cura plotted against Aragua and Venezuela. The SNDi of new construction in Villa de Cura rose steadily, compared to Aragua which rose steadily and Venezuela which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Villa de Cura's incremental SNDi rose from 3.37 to 4.96 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Villa de Cura ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Aragua and 16th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.96
Rank in Venezuela
39th of 70
Rank in Aragua
2nd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.77
Rank in Venezuela
16th of 70
Rank in Aragua
1st of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Villa de CuraShunufaBaniyas

In new street additions, Villa de Cura and Baniyas both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shunufa built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Villa de Cura and Baniyas both became progressively more disconnected, while Shunufa became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Villa de Cura had a more connected network than Baniyas in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.