Xicotepec de Juárez in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Xicotepec de Juarez in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Xicotepec de Juárez plotted against Puebla and México. The SNDi of new construction in Xicotepec de Juárez rose steadily, compared to Puebla which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Xicotepec de Juárez's incremental SNDi rose from 5.52 to 6.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Xicotepec de Juárez ranked 5th out of 7 cities in Puebla and 164th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.21
Rank in México
176th of 182
Rank in Puebla
7th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.29
Rank in México
164th of 182
Rank in Puebla
5th of 7

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Xicotepec de JuarezKateteShamakhi

In new street additions, Xicotepec de Juárez built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Katete built increasingly connected streets over time and Shamakhi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Xicotepec de Juárez became progressively more disconnected, while Katete became progressively more connected and Shamakhi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Xicotepec de Juárez had a more connected network than Shamakhi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.