Valera in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Valera in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Valera plotted against Trujillo and Venezuela. The SNDi of new construction in Valera peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Trujillo which peaked in 1976-1990 and Venezuela which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Valera's incremental SNDi fell from 7.77 to 6.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Valera ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Trujillo and 63rd out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.94
- Rank in Venezuela
- 59th of 70
- Rank in Trujillo
- 2nd of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 6.08
- Rank in Venezuela
- 63rd of 70
- Rank in Trujillo
- 2nd of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Wanning, China
- Lubuklinggau, Indonesia
- Sultan Bathery, India
- Xingcheng, China
- Goroimari, India
- Xiaoxian, China
In new street additions, Valera and Wanning both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Xingcheng built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Wanning and Xingcheng both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Valera became progressively more disconnected.