Apatzingán in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Apatzingan in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ApatzinganMichoacan (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Apatzingán plotted against Michoacán and México. The SNDi of new construction in Apatzingán rose steadily, compared to Michoacán which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Apatzingán's incremental SNDi rose from 2.01 to 3.7 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Apatzingán ranked 1st out of 13 cities in Michoacán and 23rd out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.7
Rank in México
94th of 182
Rank in Michoacán
7th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.9
Rank in México
23rd of 182
Rank in Michoacán
1st of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ApatzinganComayaguaTamanrasset

In new street additions, Apatzingán and Comayagua both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tamanrasset built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Apatzingán and Comayagua both became progressively more disconnected, while Tamanrasset became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Notably, Apatzingán had a more connected network than Tamanrasset in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.