Zamora in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Zamora in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZamoraMichoacan (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Zamora plotted against Michoacán and México. The SNDi of new construction in Zamora peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Zamora's incremental SNDi fell from 3.42 to 3.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zamora ranked 9th out of 13 cities in Michoacán and 86th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.4
Rank in México
81st of 182
Rank in Michoacán
6th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.7
Rank in México
86th of 182
Rank in Michoacán
9th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZamoraRoxasHirosaki

In new street additions, Zamora and Roxas both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Hirosaki built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Zamora and Roxas both became progressively more disconnected, while Hirosaki grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Zamora had a more connected network than Hirosaki in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.