San Francisco del Rincón in context: Street-network sprawl trends

San Francisco del Rincon 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
San Francisco del RinconGuanajuato (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Francisco del Rincón plotted against Guanajuato and México. The SNDi of new construction in San Francisco del Rincón 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, San Francisco del Rincón's incremental SNDi rose from 2.9 to 3.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Francisco del Rincón ranked 6th out of 15 cities in Guanajuato and 78th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.33
Rank in México
78th of 182
Rank in Guanajuato
7th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.65
Rank in México
78th of 182
Rank in Guanajuato
6th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Francisco del RinconOngata RongaiGuelmim

In new street additions, San Francisco del Rincón built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ongata Rongai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Guelmim built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, San Francisco del Rincón and Ongata Rongai both became progressively more disconnected, while Guelmim became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. San Francisco del Rincón and Guelmim have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.