San Miguel: city in El Salvador
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.
View San Miguel, El Salvador on the sprawlmap
Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in San Miguel as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 2.32, 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 0.86, 2.24, 3.86 and 5.24. In each period, new street development in San Miguel steadily grows more disconnected than in the last.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in San Miguel spans a total of 468 kilometers. It is dominated by roads constructed in 1976-1990. These roads have an SNDi of 2.24, which is relatively well-connected.
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 0.86, 1.98, 2.27 and 2.32. Overall, the SNDi of the aggregate street network has risen: the street network in San Miguel has become more disconnected. This increase has slowed: between 1975 and 1976-1990, SNDi rose by 1.13 points, but between 1991-2000 and 2001-2014, it rose by just 0.04.
San Miguel and San Miguel follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. The SNDi for both of these rose steadily.
How do development practices in San Miguel fare in comparison to others in San Miguel? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in San Miguel was the 1st-most disconnected out of the 1 cities in San Miguel. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. San Miguel ranked 1st in 1975, 1st in 1976-1990, 1st in 1991-2000 and 1st in 2001-2014.
San Miguel and El Salvador follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. The SNDi for both of these rose steadily.
How do development practices in San Miguel fare in comparison to others in El Salvador? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in San Miguel was the 5th-most disconnected out of the 9 cities in El Salvador. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other cities in El Salvador, street construction in San Miguel has become more disconnected. San Miguel ranked 6th in 1975, 9th in 1976-1990, 9th in 1991-2000 and 5th in 2001-2014.
San Miguel and San Miguel follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi for both of these rose steadily.
To date, San Miguel is the 1st-most disconnected out of the 1 cities in San Miguel. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. San Miguel ranked 1st in 1975, 1st in 1976-1990, 1st in 1991-2000 and 1st in 2001-2014.
San Miguel and El Salvador follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi for both of these rose steadily.
To date, San Miguel is the 9th-most disconnected out of the 9 cities in El Salvador. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in El Salvador, the street network in San Miguel has become more connected. San Miguel ranked 6th in 1975, 9th in 1976-1990, 9th in 1991-2000 and 9th in 2001-2014.
As of 2015, San Miguel had a built-up area of 12.61 square kilometers, and a population of 193036 people.
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