Rosarito in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rosarito in context

2.533.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RosaritoBaja California (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rosarito plotted against Baja California and México. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Rosarito's incremental SNDi rose from 2.9 to 3.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rosarito ranked 3rd out of 7 cities in Baja California and 121st out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.68
Rank in México
93rd of 182
Rank in Baja California
4th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.05
Rank in México
121st of 182
Rank in Baja California
3rd of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RosaritoAgenebodeKutkai

In new street additions, Rosarito fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Agenebode built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kutkai built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Rosarito fluctuated in connectivity, while Agenebode became progressively more disconnected and Kutkai grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Rosarito had a more sprawly network than Agenebode in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.