Chetumal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chetumal in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChetumalQuintana Roo (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chetumal plotted against Quintana Roo and México. While Quintana Roo and México both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Chetumal's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Chetumal's incremental SNDi rose from 1.61 to 2.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chetumal ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Quintana Roo and 18th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.73
Rank in México
43rd of 182
Rank in Quintana Roo
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.75
Rank in México
18th of 182
Rank in Quintana Roo
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChetumalDighaHuazhou

In new street additions, Chetumal and Huazhou both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Digha built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Chetumal and Digha both became progressively more disconnected, while Huazhou fluctuated in connectivity. Chetumal and Digha have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.