Cuernavaca in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cuernavaca in context

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CuernavacaMorelos (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cuernavaca plotted against Morelos and México. While Morelos and México both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Cuernavaca's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Cuernavaca's incremental SNDi rose from 5.58 to 5.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cuernavaca ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Morelos and 177th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.82
Rank in México
168th of 182
Rank in Morelos
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.81
Rank in México
177th of 182
Rank in Morelos
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CuernavacaSitamarhiKutubdia

In new street additions, Cuernavaca fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sitamarhi built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kutubdia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Cuernavaca and Sitamarhi both became progressively more disconnected, while Kutubdia became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Cuernavaca and Kutubdia have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.