Barinas in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Barinas in context

3.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BarinasVenezuela (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barinas plotted against Venezuela. The SNDi of new construction in Barinas rose steadily, while Venezuela followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Barinas's incremental SNDi rose from 3.68 to 4.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barinas ranked 33rd out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.6
Rank in Venezuela
29th of 70

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.41
Rank in Venezuela
33rd of 70

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BarinasBojonegoroPachuca

In new street additions, Barinas and Bojonegoro both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Pachuca fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Barinas and Pachuca have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.