Huauchinango in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Huauchinango in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Huauchinango plotted against Puebla and México. The SNDi of new construction in Huauchinango rose steadily, compared to Puebla which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Huauchinango's incremental SNDi rose from 5.13 to 5.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Huauchinango ranked 7th out of 7 cities in Puebla and 173rd out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.72
Rank in México
166th of 182
Rank in Puebla
5th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.6
Rank in México
173rd of 182
Rank in Puebla
7th of 7

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
HuauchinangoXindengMigori

In new street additions, Huauchinango and Migori both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Xindeng built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Huauchinango and Migori both became progressively more disconnected, while Xindeng became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Huauchinango and Xindeng have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.