Ciudad Bolivar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ciudad Bolivar in context

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ciudad BolivarBolivar (Region)Venezuela (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ciudad Bolivar plotted against Bolívar and Venezuela. The SNDi of new construction in Ciudad Bolivar rose steadily, compared to Bolívar which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Venezuela which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ciudad Bolivar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.13 to 3.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ciudad Bolivar ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Bolívar and 28th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.39
Rank in Venezuela
11th of 70
Rank in Bolívar
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.13
Rank in Venezuela
28th of 70
Rank in Bolívar
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ciudad BolivarAugsburgTimofeevka

In new street additions, Ciudad Bolivar built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Augsburg fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Тимофеевка built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Ciudad Bolivar and Тимофеевка both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Augsburg became progressively more disconnected.