Carúpano in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Carupano in context

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CarupanoSucre (Region)Venezuela (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Carúpano plotted against Sucre and Venezuela. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Carúpano's incremental SNDi rose from 5.63 to 5.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Carúpano ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Sucre and 51st out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.85
Rank in Venezuela
50th of 70
Rank in Sucre
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.53
Rank in Venezuela
51st of 70
Rank in Sucre
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CarupanoChakradharpurAlmetyevsk

In new street additions, Carúpano fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Chakradharpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Almetyevsk built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Carúpano and Almetyevsk both became progressively more disconnected, while Chakradharpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Carúpano and Chakradharpur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.