Tepatitlán in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tepatitlan in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tepatitlán plotted against Jalisco and México. The SNDi of new construction in Tepatitlán rose steadily, compared to Jalisco which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tepatitlán's incremental SNDi rose from 2.4 to 2.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tepatitlán ranked 3rd out of 9 cities in Jalisco and 45th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.69
Rank in México
41st of 182
Rank in Jalisco
3rd of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.25
Rank in México
45th of 182
Rank in Jalisco
3rd of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TepatitlanGwolongSanta Cruz do Sul

Tepatitlán, Gwolong, and Santa Cruz do Sul all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Tepatitlán had a more sprawly network than Gwolong in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.