Santo Domingo Tehuantepec in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santo Domingo Tehuantepec 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
Santo Domingo TehuantepecOaxaca (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santo Domingo Tehuantepec plotted against Oaxaca and México. While Oaxaca and México both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease. Most recently, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec's incremental SNDi rose from 2.31 to 2.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec ranked 3rd out of 6 cities in Oaxaca and 106th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.61
Rank in México
38th of 182
Rank in Oaxaca
1st of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.87
Rank in México
106th of 182
Rank in Oaxaca
3rd of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santo Domingo TehuantepecAtmeedaYasamkent

In new street additions, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Atmeeda built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Yaşamkent fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Atmeeda became progressively more disconnected and Yaşamkent became progressively more connected. Notably, Santo Domingo Tehuantepec had a more connected network than Yaşamkent in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.