Tesistán in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tesistan 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
TesistanJalisco (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tesistán plotted against Jalisco and México. The SNDi of new construction in Tesistán rose steadily, compared to Jalisco which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tesistán's incremental SNDi rose from 3.46 to 4.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tesistán ranked 9th out of 9 cities in Jalisco and 146th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.41
Rank in México
130th of 182
Rank in Jalisco
8th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.73
Rank in México
146th of 182
Rank in Jalisco
9th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TesistanJahunIgbara-Odo

In new street additions, Tesistán and Igbara-Odo both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jahun fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Tesistán and Jahun have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.