La Paz in context: Street-network sprawl trends

La Paz in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
La PazBaja California Sur (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with La Paz plotted against Baja California Sur and México. While Baja California Sur and México both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, La Paz's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, La Paz's incremental SNDi rose from 2.15 to 2.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, La Paz ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Baja California Sur and 47th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.5
Rank in México
28th of 182
Rank in Baja California Sur
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.27
Rank in México
47th of 182
Rank in Baja California Sur
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
La PazImpfondoJiaocheng

In new street additions, La Paz and Jiaocheng both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Impfondo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, La Paz and Jiaocheng both fluctuated in connectivity, while Impfondo became progressively more disconnected. La Paz and Impfondo have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.