Caracas in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Caracas in context

46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
46810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CaracasDistrito Capital (Region)Venezuela (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Caracas plotted against Distrito Capital and Venezuela. The SNDi of new construction in Caracas rose steadily, compared to Distrito Capital which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Venezuela which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Caracas's incremental SNDi rose from 8.66 to 10.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Caracas ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Distrito Capital and 67th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
10.37
Rank in Venezuela
69th of 70
Rank in Distrito Capital
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.58
Rank in Venezuela
67th of 70
Rank in Distrito Capital
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CaracasSemarangNagpur

Caracas, Semarang, and Nagpur all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.