Guarenas in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Guarenas in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Guarenas plotted against Miranda and Venezuela. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Guarenas's incremental SNDi rose from 6.95 to 8.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Guarenas ranked 5th out of 6 cities in Miranda and 69th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.78
- Rank in Venezuela
- 67th of 70
- Rank in Miranda
- 6th of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.82
- Rank in Venezuela
- 69th of 70
- Rank in Miranda
- 5th of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sadiqabad, Pakistan
- Osh, Kyrgyzstan
- Mbeya, Tanzania
- Chandpur, Bangladesh
- Ramu, Bangladesh
- Hosur, India
In new street additions, Guarenas and Sadiqabad both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Chandpur built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Guarenas and Chandpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Sadiqabad fluctuated in connectivity. Guarenas and Sadiqabad have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.