Catia La Mar [La Guaira] in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Catia La Mar [La Guaira] in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Catia La Mar [La Guaira]Vargas (Region)Venezuela (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Catia La Mar [La Guaira] plotted against Vargas and Venezuela. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Catia La Mar [La Guaira]'s incremental SNDi rose from 5.26 to 8.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Catia La Mar [La Guaira] ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Vargas and 59th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.44
Rank in Venezuela
65th of 70
Rank in Vargas
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.15
Rank in Venezuela
59th of 70
Rank in Vargas
1st of 1

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

What about similarly populated cities?

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Catia La Mar [La Guaira]PuruliaKorba

While Purulia and Korba both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Catia La Mar [La Guaira] fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.