Ocosingo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ocosingo in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OcosingoChiapas (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ocosingo plotted against Chiapas and México. The SNDi of new construction in Ocosingo rose steadily, compared to Chiapas which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ocosingo's incremental SNDi rose from 2.8 to 4.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ocosingo ranked 4th out of 6 cities in Chiapas and 114th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.1
Rank in México
114th of 182
Rank in Chiapas
3rd of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.99
Rank in México
114th of 182
Rank in Chiapas
4th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OcosingoCaycumaDanghara

While Çaycuma and Danghara both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Ocosingo built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Çaycuma and Danghara both fluctuated in connectivity, while Ocosingo became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Ocosingo had a more connected network than Çaycuma in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.