Ciudad Obregón in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ciudad Obregon 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
Ciudad ObregonSonora (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ciudad Obregón plotted against Sonora and México. The SNDi of new construction in Ciudad Obregón rose steadily, compared to Sonora which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ciudad Obregón's incremental SNDi rose from 1.94 to 2.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ciudad Obregón ranked 6th out of 10 cities in Sonora and 26th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.75
Rank in México
44th of 182
Rank in Sonora
7th of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.94
Rank in México
26th of 182
Rank in Sonora
6th of 10

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
Ciudad ObregonVizianagaramHama

In new street additions, Ciudad Obregón and Hama both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Vizianagaram fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.