Matehuala in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Matehuala 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, Matehuala's incremental SNDi rose from 1.5 to 1.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Matehuala ranked 1st out of 4 cities in San Luis Potosí and 15th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Bashan, China
• Mangrol, India
• Hunsur, India
• Hanggin Rear Banner, China
• Bharwari, India
• Viên An, Vietnam

In new street additions, Matehuala fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bashan built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Hanggin Rear Banner built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Bashan and Hanggin Rear Banner both became progressively more disconnected, while Matehuala fluctuated in connectivity. Matehuala and Bashan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.