Barquisimeto in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Barquisimeto in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barquisimeto plotted against Lara and Venezuela. The SNDi of new construction in Barquisimeto rose steadily, compared to Lara which rose steadily and Venezuela which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Barquisimeto's incremental SNDi rose from 4.64 to 5.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barquisimeto ranked 4th out of 7 cities in Lara and 29th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.51
- Rank in Venezuela
- 45th of 70
- Rank in Lara
- 5th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.19
- Rank in Venezuela
- 29th of 70
- Rank in Lara
- 4th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Barquisimeto built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Teresina fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Lille built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Barquisimeto and Lille have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.