Puerto Vallarta in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Puerto Vallarta in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Puerto VallartaJalisco (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Puerto Vallarta plotted against Jalisco and México. The SNDi of new construction in Puerto Vallarta rose steadily, compared to Jalisco which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Puerto Vallarta's incremental SNDi rose from 2.73 to 3.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Puerto Vallarta ranked 5th out of 9 cities in Jalisco and 56th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.77
Rank in México
97th of 182
Rank in Jalisco
6th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.41
Rank in México
56th of 182
Rank in Jalisco
5th 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
Puerto VallartaRantau PrapatBalangir

Puerto Vallarta, Rantau Prapat, and Balangir all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Puerto Vallarta and Rantau Prapat have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.