Tucupita in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tucupita in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TucupitaDelta Amacuro (Region)Venezuela (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tucupita plotted against Delta Amacuro and Venezuela. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Tucupita's incremental SNDi rose from 3.07 to 4.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tucupita ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Delta Amacuro and 34th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.37
Rank in Venezuela
28th of 70
Rank in Delta Amacuro
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.44
Rank in Venezuela
34th of 70
Rank in Delta Amacuro
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TucupitaLa Piedad de CabadasLakki Marwat

In new street additions, Tucupita and Lakki Marwat both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while La Piedad de Cabadas built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Tucupita fluctuated in connectivity, while La Piedad de Cabadas became progressively more disconnected and Lakki Marwat became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Tucupita and La Piedad de Cabadas have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.