Catia La Mar [La Guaira] in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Catia La Mar [La Guaira] in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Catia La Mar [La Guaira] plotted against Vargas and Venezuela. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Catia La Mar [La Guaira]'s incremental SNDi rose from 5.26 to 8.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Catia La Mar [La Guaira] ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Vargas and 59th out of 70 in Venezuela as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.44
- Rank in Venezuela
- 65th of 70
- Rank in Vargas
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.15
- Rank in Venezuela
- 59th of 70
- Rank in Vargas
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Purulia and Korba both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Catia La Mar [La Guaira] fluctuated in street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.