San Antonio del Táchira in context: Street-network sprawl trends

San Antonio del Tachira in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Antonio del TachiraTachira (Region)Venezuela (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Antonio del Táchira plotted against Táchira and Venezuela. The SNDi of new construction in San Antonio del Táchira peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Táchira which peaked in 1976-1990 and Venezuela which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, San Antonio del Táchira's incremental SNDi fell from 2.98 to 2.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Antonio del Táchira ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Táchira and 18th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.9
Rank in Venezuela
5th of 70
Rank in Táchira
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.84
Rank in Venezuela
18th of 70
Rank in Táchira
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Antonio del TachiraChumphonMang

In new street additions, San Antonio del Táchira built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Chumphon built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Mang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. San Antonio del Táchira and Chumphon have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.