San Cristóbal de las Casas in context: Street-network sprawl trends

San Cristobal de las Casas in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Cristobal de las CasasChiapas (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Cristóbal de las Casas plotted against Chiapas and México. While Chiapas and México both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, San Cristóbal de las Casas's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, San Cristóbal de las Casas's incremental SNDi rose from 3.81 to 5.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Cristóbal de las Casas ranked 5th out of 6 cities in Chiapas and 143rd out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.98
Rank in México
173rd of 182
Rank in Chiapas
6th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.63
Rank in México
143rd of 182
Rank in Chiapas
5th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Cristobal de las CasasBeiliuJhanjharpur

While Beiliu and Jhanjharpur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, San Cristóbal de las Casas fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, San Cristóbal de las Casas had a more sprawly network than Beiliu in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.