Fracc Villas del Real 2da Seccion in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fracc Villas del Real 2da Seccion plotted against Baja California and México. The SNDi of new construction in Fracc Villas del Real 2da Seccion peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Baja California which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Fracc Villas del Real 2da Seccion's incremental SNDi fell from 4.11 to 3.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fracc Villas del Real 2da Seccion ranked 5th out of 7 cities in Baja California and 151st out of 182 in México as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Changxing, China
• Drachevo, North Macedonia
• Sunbat, Egypt
• São Roque, Brazil
• Osaki, Japan
• Bhit Shah, Pakistan

In new street additions, Fracc Villas del Real 2da Seccion built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Changxing fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and São Roque built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Fracc Villas del Real 2da Seccion and São Roque both became progressively more disconnected, while Changxing grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Fracc Villas del Real 2da Seccion had a more sprawly network than Changxing in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.