Porlamar in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Porlamar in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Porlamar plotted against Nueva Esparta and Venezuela. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Porlamar's incremental SNDi rose from 4.73 to 4.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Porlamar ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Nueva Esparta and 56th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.91
- Rank in Venezuela
- 38th of 70
- Rank in Nueva Esparta
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.83
- Rank in Venezuela
- 56th of 70
- Rank in Nueva Esparta
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Songnim, North Korea
- Parakou, Benin
- Sers Al Layyan, Egypt
- Sihui, China
- Kanyamazane, South Africa
- Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Porlamar, Songnim, and Sihui all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. Looking at the full network, Songnim and Sihui both became progressively more disconnected, while Porlamar fluctuated in connectivity. Porlamar and Songnim have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.