Ciudad Valles in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ciudad Valles in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ciudad VallesSan Luis Potosi (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ciudad Valles plotted against San Luis Potosí and México. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ciudad Valles's incremental SNDi rose from 2.2 to 2.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ciudad Valles ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in San Luis Potosí and 32nd out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.64
Rank in México
40th of 182
Rank in San Luis Potosí
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.02
Rank in México
32nd of 182
Rank in San Luis Potosí
2nd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ciudad VallesZhiyingBiak Kota

In new street additions, Ciudad Valles fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Zhiying built increasingly connected streets over time and Biak Kota built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Ciudad Valles and Biak Kota both became progressively more disconnected, while Zhiying became progressively more connected. Ciudad Valles and Zhiying have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.