Ciudad Sahagún in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ciudad Sahagun in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ciudad SahagunHidalgo (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ciudad Sahagún plotted against Hidalgo and México. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ciudad Sahagún's incremental SNDi rose from 1.55 to 1.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ciudad Sahagún ranked 1st out of 9 cities in Hidalgo and 25th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.65
Rank in México
6th of 182
Rank in Hidalgo
1st of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.93
Rank in México
25th of 182
Rank in Hidalgo
1st of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ciudad SahagunLeticiaDongou

In new street additions, Ciudad Sahagún and Leticia both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dongou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Ciudad Sahagún grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Leticia became progressively more disconnected and Dongou fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Ciudad Sahagún had a more sprawly network than Dongou in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.