Punto Fijo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Punto Fijo in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Punto FijoFalcon (Region)Venezuela (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Punto Fijo plotted against Falcón and Venezuela. The SNDi of new construction in Punto Fijo rose steadily, compared to Falcón which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Venezuela which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Punto Fijo's incremental SNDi rose from 3.16 to 3.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Punto Fijo ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Falcón and 20th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.65
Rank in Venezuela
17th of 70
Rank in Falcón
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.86
Rank in Venezuela
20th of 70
Rank in Falcón
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Punto FijoXinmiChernihiv

In new street additions, Punto Fijo built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Xinmi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Chernihiv built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Punto Fijo and Chernihiv both became progressively more disconnected, while Xinmi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Punto Fijo had a more connected network than Chernihiv in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.