Navojoa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Navojoa 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
NavojoaSonora (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Navojoa plotted against Sonora and México. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Navojoa's incremental SNDi rose from 1.46 to 2.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Navojoa ranked 3rd out of 10 cities in Sonora and 9th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.03
Rank in México
16th of 182
Rank in Sonora
5th of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.54
Rank in México
9th of 182
Rank in Sonora
3rd 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
NavojoaKultaevoLakeland

In new street additions, Navojoa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kultaevo built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Lakeland built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Navojoa and Lakeland both became progressively more disconnected, while Kultaevo grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Navojoa and Lakeland have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.