Comitán in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Comitan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Comitán plotted against Chiapas and México. The SNDi of new construction in Comitán rose steadily, compared to Chiapas which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Comitán's incremental SNDi rose from 2.91 to 4.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Comitán ranked 2nd out of 6 cities in Chiapas and 76th out of 182 in México as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.33
- Rank in México
- 128th of 182
- Rank in Chiapas
- 5th of 6
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.64
- Rank in México
- 76th of 182
- Rank in Chiapas
- 2nd of 6
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Moheshkhali, Bangladesh
- Linghai, China
- Wakema, Myanmar
- Challakere, India
- Lishu, China
- Bodinayakkanur, India
In new street additions, Comitán built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Moheshkhali fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Challakere built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Moheshkhali and Challakere both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Comitán became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Comitán had a more sprawly network than Challakere in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.