Rioverde in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rioverde in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RioverdeSan Luis Potosi (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rioverde 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, Rioverde's incremental SNDi rose from 2.81 to 3.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rioverde ranked 4th out of 4 cities in San Luis Potosí and 110th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.19
Rank in México
66th of 182
Rank in San Luis Potosí
3rd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.91
Rank in México
110th of 182
Rank in San Luis Potosí
4th of 4

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
RioverdePategiLowian

In new street additions, Rioverde fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Pategi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Lowian built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Rioverde fluctuated in connectivity, while Pategi fluctuated in connectivity and Lowian became progressively more disconnected. Rioverde and Lowian have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.