Heroica Caborca in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Heroica Caborca 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
Heroica CaborcaSonora (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Heroica Caborca plotted against Sonora and México. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Heroica Caborca's incremental SNDi rose from 1.63 to 1.91 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Heroica Caborca ranked 4th out of 10 cities in Sonora and 13th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.91
Rank in México
12th of 182
Rank in Sonora
4th of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.62
Rank in México
13th of 182
Rank in Sonora
4th of 10

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Heroica CaborcaHuajuapanPesaro

In new street additions, Heroica Caborca and Huajuapan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Pesaro built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Heroica Caborca and Huajuapan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.