Santo Domingo: city in Dominican Republic
What exactly constitutes the spatial extent of the city? For these aggregations, we used the Global Human Settlement Layer Urban Center Database (GHS-UCDB) to define the boundaries of the city. These cities -- or urban centers -- cover areas that are densely populated and built-up, and so may extend beyond the spatial borders of these cities that we may be familiar with. The GHS area is shaded in blue.
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Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Santo Domingo as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 2.83, which is in the 40th to 60th percentile of disconnectedness.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are 1.96, 3.45, 2.87 and 3.71. Disconnectivity in street construction in Santo Domingo follows a zig-zag trend. In 1975, street construction was most disconnected, while construction was most connected in 2001-2014.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Santo Domingo spans a total of 6068 kilometers. The period with the greatest volume of street construction was 1976-1990. These roads have an SNDi of 3.45, which is highly disconnected.
Effect on the aggregate network: New construction in each period adds to the total stock of streets, but does not change streets that have already been built. Therefore, it has a limited effect on the street network as a whole. The SNDis of the aggregate street network in the respective time periods are 1.96, 2.74, 2.75 and 2.83. Overall, the SNDi of the aggregate street network has risen: the street network in Santo Domingo has become more disconnected. This increase has slowed: between 1975 and 1976-1990, SNDi rose by 0.78 points, but between 1991-2000 and 2001-2014, it rose by just 0.08.
Santo Domingo and Santo Domingo follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. The SNDi for both of these followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase.
How do development practices in Santo Domingo fare in comparison to others in Santo Domingo? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Santo Domingo was the 1st-most disconnected out of the 1 cities in Santo Domingo. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Santo Domingo ranked 1st in 1975, 1st in 1976-1990, 1st in 1991-2000 and 1st in 2001-2014.
Santo Domingo and Dominican Republic follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. The SNDi for both of these followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase.
How do development practices in Santo Domingo fare in comparison to others in Dominican Republic? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Santo Domingo was the 7th-most disconnected out of the 16 cities in Dominican Republic. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Dominican Republic, street construction in Santo Domingo has become more connected. Santo Domingo ranked 1st in 1975, 4th in 1976-1990, 8th in 1991-2000 and 7th in 2001-2014.
Santo Domingo and Santo Domingo do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi in Santo Domingo rose steadily, while the SNDi of street constructions in Santo Domingo followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase.
To date, Santo Domingo is the 1st-most disconnected out of the 1 cities in Santo Domingo. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Santo Domingo ranked 1st in 1975, 1st in 1976-1990, 1st in 1991-2000 and 1st in 2001-2014.
Santo Domingo and Dominican Republic follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi for both of these rose steadily.
To date, Santo Domingo is the 5th-most disconnected out of the 16 cities in Dominican Republic. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Dominican Republic, the street network in Santo Domingo has become more connected. Santo Domingo ranked 1st in 1975, 3rd in 1976-1990, 4th in 1991-2000 and 5th in 2001-2014.
As of 2015, Santo Domingo had a built-up area of 249.72 square kilometers, and a population of 3847330 people.
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