Ciudad Guzmán in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ciudad Guzman in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ciudad GuzmanJalisco (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ciudad Guzmán plotted against Jalisco and México. While Jalisco and México both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Ciudad Guzmán's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ciudad Guzmán's incremental SNDi rose from 2.22 to 2.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ciudad Guzmán ranked 2nd out of 9 cities in Jalisco and 41st out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.57
Rank in México
35th of 182
Rank in Jalisco
1st of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.21
Rank in México
41st of 182
Rank in Jalisco
2nd of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ciudad GuzmanBardoliBrantford

In new street additions, Ciudad Guzmán fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bardoli built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Brantford built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ciudad Guzmán and Bardoli have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.