Arandas in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Arandas in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ArandasJalisco (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Arandas plotted against Jalisco and México. The SNDi of new construction in Arandas rose steadily, compared to Jalisco which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Arandas's incremental SNDi rose from 2.17 to 2.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Arandas ranked 1st out of 9 cities in Jalisco and 27th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.59
Rank in México
37th of 182
Rank in Jalisco
2nd of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.95
Rank in México
27th of 182
Rank in Jalisco
1st of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
02468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ArandasJabra Al SheikhMakambako

In new street additions, Arandas built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jabra Al Sheikh built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Makambako fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Arandas and Makambako both became progressively more disconnected, while Jabra Al Sheikh fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Arandas had a more connected network than Jabra Al Sheikh in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.