Rocky Point in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rocky Point in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rocky Point plotted against Sonora and México. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Rocky Point's incremental SNDi rose from 1.15 to 1.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rocky Point ranked 2nd out of 10 cities in Sonora and 3rd out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.23
Rank in México
2nd of 182
Rank in Sonora
1st of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.23
Rank in México
3rd of 182
Rank in Sonora
2nd 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
Rocky PointHaradMobara

In new street additions, Rocky Point fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Harad built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Mobara built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Harad and Mobara both became progressively more disconnected, while Rocky Point grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Rocky Point and Harad have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.