Huajuapan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Huajuapan in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HuajuapanOaxaca (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Huajuapan plotted against Oaxaca and México. While Oaxaca and México both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Huajuapan's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Huajuapan's incremental SNDi rose from 2.98 to 3.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Huajuapan ranked 4th out of 6 cities in Oaxaca and 115th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.56
Rank in México
85th of 182
Rank in Oaxaca
4th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.99
Rank in México
115th of 182
Rank in Oaxaca
4th of 6

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
HuajuapanChahutaHeroica Caborca

In new street additions, Huajuapan and Heroica Caborca both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Chahuta built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Huajuapan and Chahuta have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.