Maturin in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Maturin in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Maturin plotted against Monagas and Venezuela. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Maturin's incremental SNDi rose from 4.17 to 6.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maturin ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Monagas and 55th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.07
- Rank in Venezuela
- 51st of 70
- Rank in Monagas
- 3rd of 4
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.65
- Rank in Venezuela
- 55th of 70
- Rank in Monagas
- 3rd of 4
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Gorontalo, Indonesia
- Gulin, China
- Riverside, United States
- Beibei, China
- Jiaozhou, China
- Adama, Ethiopia
In new street additions, Maturin and Gorontalo both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Beibei built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Maturin and Gorontalo both became progressively more disconnected, while Beibei grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Maturin had a more connected network than Gorontalo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.