Ramos Arizpe in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ramos Arizpe in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ramos Arizpe plotted against Coahuila and México. The SNDi of new construction in Ramos Arizpe rose steadily, compared to Coahuila which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ramos Arizpe's incremental SNDi rose from 2.41 to 2.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ramos Arizpe ranked 5th out of 7 cities in Coahuila and 68th out of 182 in México as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.83
- Rank in México
- 51st of 182
- Rank in Coahuila
- 5th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.52
- Rank in México
- 68th of 182
- Rank in Coahuila
- 5th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Ramos Arizpe built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Lingpu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Kanchanaburi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Ramos Arizpe and Kanchanaburi both became progressively more disconnected, while Lingpu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.