San Luis Río Colorado in context: Street-network sprawl trends

San Luis Rio Colorado in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Luis Rio ColoradoSonora (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Luis Río Colorado plotted against Sonora and México. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, San Luis Río Colorado's incremental SNDi rose from 1.0 to 1.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Luis Río Colorado ranked 1st out of 10 cities in Sonora and 2nd out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.54
Rank in México
4th of 182
Rank in Sonora
2nd of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.06
Rank in México
2nd of 182
Rank in Sonora
1st of 10

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Luis Rio ColoradoIjagbo OffaToufen

San Luis Río Colorado, Ijagbo Offa, and Toufen all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. For the full network, San Luis Río Colorado and Toufen both became progressively more disconnected, while Ijagbo Offa fluctuated in connectivity.