Cabudare in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cabudare in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CabudareLara (Region)Venezuela (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cabudare plotted against Lara and Venezuela. The SNDi of new construction in Cabudare rose steadily, compared to Lara which rose steadily and Venezuela which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Cabudare's incremental SNDi rose from 6.07 to 6.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cabudare ranked 7th out of 7 cities in Lara and 60th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.52
Rank in Venezuela
56th of 70
Rank in Lara
7th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.17
Rank in Venezuela
60th of 70
Rank in Lara
7th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CabudareLarachePiedras Negras

In new street additions, Cabudare and Larache both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Piedras Negras built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Cabudare and Larache have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.