Acapulco in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Acapulco in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Acapulco plotted against Guerrero and México. The SNDi of new construction in Acapulco rose steadily, compared to Guerrero which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Acapulco's incremental SNDi rose from 5.05 to 6.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Acapulco ranked 5th out of 7 cities in Guerrero and 170th out of 182 in México as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.67
- Rank in México
- 178th of 182
- Rank in Guerrero
- 7th of 7
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.47
- Rank in México
- 170th of 182
- Rank in Guerrero
- 5th of 7
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Urmia, Iran
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Iloilo City, Philippines
- Tampa, United States
- Evaton, South Africa
- Longgang, China
Acapulco, Urmia, and Tampa all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Acapulco had a more connected network than Urmia in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.