Chilpancingo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chilpancingo in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChilpancingoGuerrero (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chilpancingo plotted against Guerrero and México. The SNDi of new construction in Chilpancingo rose steadily, compared to Guerrero which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Chilpancingo's incremental SNDi rose from 4.59 to 5.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chilpancingo ranked 4th out of 7 cities in Guerrero and 167th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.41
Rank in México
163rd of 182
Rank in Guerrero
5th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.35
Rank in México
167th of 182
Rank in Guerrero
4th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChilpancingoBumbaMoga

In new street additions, Chilpancingo and Moga both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bumba fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Chilpancingo had a more connected network than Moga in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.