Ciudad Juárez in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ciudad Juarez in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ciudad JuarezChihuahua (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ciudad Juárez plotted against Chihuahua and México. While Chihuahua and México both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Ciudad Juárez's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ciudad Juárez's incremental SNDi rose from 2.9 to 3.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ciudad Juárez ranked 6th out of 6 cities in Chihuahua and 71st out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.27
Rank in México
72nd of 182
Rank in Chihuahua
6th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.57
Rank in México
71st of 182
Rank in Chihuahua
6th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ciudad JuarezMontevideoMedina

While Montevideo and Medina both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Ciudad Juárez fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.