Ciudad Ojeda in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ciudad Ojeda in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ciudad OjedaZulia (Region)Venezuela (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ciudad Ojeda plotted against Zulia and Venezuela. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ciudad Ojeda's incremental SNDi rose from 2.97 to 3.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ciudad Ojeda ranked 5th out of 9 cities in Zulia and 19th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.01
Rank in Venezuela
6th of 70
Rank in Zulia
1st of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.85
Rank in Venezuela
19th of 70
Rank in Zulia
5th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ciudad OjedaZhenpingNingxiang

In new street additions, Ciudad Ojeda and Zhenping both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ningxiang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Ciudad Ojeda and Zhenping both became progressively more disconnected, while Ningxiang became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Ciudad Ojeda and Zhenping have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.