El Alamito in context: Street-network sprawl trends

El Alamito in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El AlamitoSonora (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with El Alamito plotted against Sonora and México. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, El Alamito's incremental SNDi rose from 3.81 to 4.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, El Alamito ranked 10th out of 10 cities in Sonora and 157th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.53
Rank in México
135th of 182
Rank in Sonora
10th of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.0
Rank in México
157th of 182
Rank in Sonora
10th of 10

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

What about similarly populated cities?

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
El AlamitoKamaliaMandiraja

While Kamalia and Mandiraja both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, El Alamito fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Kamalia and Mandiraja both became progressively more disconnected, while El Alamito fluctuated in connectivity. El Alamito and Kamalia have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.