Colima in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Colima in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ColimaMexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Colima plotted against México. Both Colima and México follow the same trend. Most recently, Colima's incremental SNDi rose from 1.76 to 2.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Colima ranked 21st out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.26
Rank in México
20th of 182

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.82
Rank in México
21st of 182

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ColimaOshawaKaunas

In new street additions, Colima fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Oshawa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Kaunas built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.