Socopó in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Socopo in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SocopoBarinas (Region)Venezuela (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Socopó plotted against Barinas and Venezuela. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Socopó's incremental SNDi rose from 1.35 to 2.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Socopó ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Barinas and 1st out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in Venezuela
3rd of 70
Rank in Barinas
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.61
Rank in Venezuela
1st of 70
Rank in Barinas
1st of 2

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
SocopoManassas ParkLos Andes

In new street additions, Socopó fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Manassas Park built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Los Andes built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Socopó fluctuated in connectivity, while Manassas Park grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Los Andes became progressively more disconnected.