Cortazar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cortazar 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
CortazarGuanajuato (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cortazar plotted against Guanajuato and México. The SNDi of new construction in Cortazar rose steadily, compared to Guanajuato which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Cortazar's incremental SNDi rose from 2.42 to 3.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cortazar ranked 2nd out of 15 cities in Guanajuato and 38th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.28
Rank in México
75th of 182
Rank in Guanajuato
5th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.14
Rank in México
38th of 182
Rank in Guanajuato
2nd of 15

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
CortazarJogapattiCaldas Novas

In new street additions, Cortazar built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jogapatti built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Caldas Novas fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Cortazar and Caldas Novas both became progressively more disconnected, while Jogapatti became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Cortazar and Caldas Novas have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.