San Luis de la Paz in context: Street-network sprawl trends

San Luis de la Paz in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Luis de la PazGuanajuato (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Luis de la Paz plotted against Guanajuato and México. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, San Luis de la Paz's incremental SNDi rose from 2.21 to 2.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Luis de la Paz ranked 4th out of 15 cities in Guanajuato and 53rd out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.39
Rank in México
23rd of 182
Rank in Guanajuato
1st of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.37
Rank in México
53rd of 182
Rank in Guanajuato
4th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Luis de la PazZhaogezhuangNew Britain

In new street additions, San Luis de la Paz fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Zhaogezhuang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and New Britain built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Zhaogezhuang and New Britain both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while San Luis de la Paz fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, San Luis de la Paz had a more sprawly network than Zhaogezhuang in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.