Ciudad del Carmen in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ciudad del Carmen 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
Ciudad del CarmenCampeche (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ciudad del Carmen plotted against Campeche and México. While Campeche and México both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Ciudad del Carmen's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ciudad del Carmen's incremental SNDi rose from 3.36 to 4.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ciudad del Carmen ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Campeche and 122nd out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.16
Rank in México
117th of 182
Rank in Campeche
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.05
Rank in México
122nd of 182
Rank in Campeche
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ciudad del CarmenMohammadAbad-e RiganGwoza

In new street additions, Ciudad del Carmen and Gwoza both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while MohammadAbad-e Rigan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Ciudad del Carmen and Gwoza both became progressively more disconnected, while MohammadAbad-e Rigan became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Ciudad del Carmen had a more connected network than MohammadAbad-e Rigan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.