Guamúchil in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Guamuchil in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GuamuchilSinaloa (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Guamúchil plotted against Sinaloa and México. The SNDi of new construction in Guamúchil rose steadily, compared to Sinaloa which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Guamúchil's incremental SNDi rose from 1.51 to 1.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Guamúchil ranked 1st out of 5 cities in Sinaloa and 7th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.79
Rank in México
9th of 182
Rank in Sinaloa
1st of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.47
Rank in México
7th of 182
Rank in Sinaloa
1st of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GuamuchilDiuUmreth

In new street additions, Guamúchil and Umreth both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Diu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Guamúchil and Umreth both became progressively more disconnected, while Diu became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Guamúchil and Diu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.