Santa Bárbara del Zulia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santa Barbara del Zulia in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santa Barbara del ZuliaZulia (Region)Venezuela (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santa Bárbara del Zulia plotted against Zulia and Venezuela. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Santa Bárbara del Zulia's incremental SNDi rose from 3.74 to 5.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santa Bárbara del Zulia ranked 9th out of 9 cities in Zulia and 31st out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.36
Rank in Venezuela
41st of 70
Rank in Zulia
9th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.39
Rank in Venezuela
31st of 70
Rank in Zulia
9th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santa Barbara del ZuliaSalepurLorena

In new street additions, Santa Bárbara del Zulia and Lorena both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Salepur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Santa Bárbara del Zulia and Lorena have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.