Zamora in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Zamora in context
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?
- Roxas, Philippines
- Tongchuan, China
- Sherkot, India
- Hirosaki, Japan
- Apeldoorn, Netherlands
- Adiela, Sudan
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.