Ureña in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Urena in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UrenaTachira (Region)Venezuela (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ureña plotted against Táchira and Venezuela. The SNDi of new construction in Ureña 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, Ureña's incremental SNDi fell from 2.07 to 2.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ureña ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Táchira and 3rd out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.02
Rank in Venezuela
1st of 70
Rank in Táchira
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.99
Rank in Venezuela
3rd of 70
Rank in Táchira
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UrenaCalabangaSam Son

In new street additions, Ureña built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Calabanga built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Sầm Sơn fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Ureña and Calabanga both became progressively more disconnected, while Sầm Sơn grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.