Taxco in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Taxco in context

2.43.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TaxcoGuerrero (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Taxco plotted against Guerrero and México. The SNDi of new construction in Taxco peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Guerrero which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Taxco's incremental SNDi fell from 4.81 to 4.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Taxco ranked 6th out of 7 cities in Guerrero and 176th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.75
Rank in México
142nd of 182
Rank in Guerrero
3rd of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.7
Rank in México
176th of 182
Rank in Guerrero
6th 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
TaxcoZhentouDortyol

In new street additions, Taxco built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Zhentou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dörtyol fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Taxco and Zhentou both became progressively more disconnected, while Dörtyol fluctuated in connectivity. Taxco and Zhentou have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.