San Rafael del Moján in context: Street-network sprawl trends

San Rafael del Mojan in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Rafael del MojanZulia (Region)Venezuela (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Rafael del Moján plotted against Zulia and Venezuela. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, San Rafael del Moján's incremental SNDi rose from 2.87 to 3.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Rafael del Moján ranked 7th out of 9 cities in Zulia and 25th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.48
Rank in Venezuela
13th of 70
Rank in Zulia
4th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.96
Rank in Venezuela
25th of 70
Rank in Zulia
7th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

01234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
01234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Rafael del MojanKikondjaHarrogate

In new street additions, San Rafael del Moján fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kikondja fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Harrogate built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, San Rafael del Moján fluctuated in connectivity, while Kikondja grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Harrogate became progressively more disconnected. Notably, San Rafael del Moján had a more connected network than Harrogate in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.