Oaxaca de Juárez in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Oaxaca de Juarez 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
Oaxaca de JuarezOaxaca (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Oaxaca de Juárez plotted against Oaxaca and México. The SNDi of new construction in Oaxaca de Juárez rose steadily, compared to Oaxaca which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Oaxaca de Juárez's incremental SNDi rose from 3.72 to 4.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Oaxaca de Juárez ranked 5th out of 6 cities in Oaxaca and 135th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.46
Rank in México
133rd of 182
Rank in Oaxaca
5th of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.44
Rank in México
135th of 182
Rank in Oaxaca
5th of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Oaxaca de JuarezFatehpurPittsburgh

In new street additions, Oaxaca de Juárez and Fatehpur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Pittsburgh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Oaxaca de Juárez had a more connected network than Fatehpur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.