Santa Matilde in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santa Matilde 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
Santa MatildeHidalgo (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santa Matilde plotted against Hidalgo and México. The SNDi of new construction in Santa Matilde rose steadily, compared to Hidalgo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Santa Matilde's incremental SNDi rose from 3.91 to 5.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santa Matilde ranked 9th out of 9 cities in Hidalgo and 172nd out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.32
Rank in México
159th of 182
Rank in Hidalgo
9th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.53
Rank in México
172nd of 182
Rank in Hidalgo
9th 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
Santa MatildeAbu ZabadJamakhandi

While Abu Zabad and Jamakhandi both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Santa Matilde built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Santa Matilde and Abu Zabad have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.