Aguascalientes in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Aguascalientes in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AguascalientesMexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Aguascalientes plotted against México. The SNDi of new construction in Aguascalientes rose steadily, while México followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Aguascalientes's incremental SNDi rose from 2.64 to 3.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Aguascalientes ranked 65th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.27
Rank in México
74th of 182

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.5
Rank in México
65th of 182

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AguascalientesYangzhouBucaramanga

In new street additions, Aguascalientes built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yangzhou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bucaramanga fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Aguascalientes and Yangzhou have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.