Upata in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Upata in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Upata plotted against Bolívar and Venezuela. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Upata's incremental SNDi rose from 2.69 to 4.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Upata ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Bolívar and 22nd out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.13
- Rank in Venezuela
- 27th of 70
- Rank in Bolívar
- 2nd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.92
- Rank in Venezuela
- 22nd of 70
- Rank in Bolívar
- 1st of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Shujalpur, India
- Qianxian, China
- Minchinabad, Pakistan
- Changle, China
- Bitkine, Chad
- Pariharpur, India
In new street additions, Upata and Shujalpur both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Changle built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Upata and Shujalpur both fluctuated in connectivity, while Changle grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Upata and Changle have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.