Tlapa de Comonfort in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tlapa de Comonfort 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
Tlapa de ComonfortGuerrero (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tlapa de Comonfort plotted against Guerrero and México. The SNDi of new construction in Tlapa de Comonfort rose steadily, compared to Guerrero which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tlapa de Comonfort's incremental SNDi rose from 3.19 to 4.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tlapa de Comonfort ranked 3rd out of 7 cities in Guerrero and 140th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.84
Rank in México
146th of 182
Rank in Guerrero
4th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.57
Rank in México
140th of 182
Rank in Guerrero
3rd of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Tlapa de ComonfortBhataraDarou Khoudoss

In new street additions, Tlapa de Comonfort and Darou Khoudoss both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bhatara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Tlapa de Comonfort and Darou Khoudoss both became progressively more disconnected, while Bhatara became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Tlapa de Comonfort and Darou Khoudoss have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.