La Concepción in context: Street-network sprawl trends
La Concepcion in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with La Concepción plotted against Zulia and Venezuela. The SNDi of new construction in La Concepción rose steadily, compared to Zulia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Venezuela which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, La Concepción's incremental SNDi rose from 3.46 to 3.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, La Concepción ranked 8th out of 9 cities in Zulia and 26th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.71
- Rank in Venezuela
- 18th of 70
- Rank in Zulia
- 6th of 9
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.0
- Rank in Venezuela
- 26th of 70
- Rank in Zulia
- 8th of 9
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, La Concepción built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Nahariyya built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Cuimba fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, La Concepción and Nahariyya both became progressively more disconnected, while Cuimba fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, La Concepción had a more connected network than Cuimba in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.