Cárdenas in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cardenas in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CardenasTabasco (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cárdenas plotted against Tabasco and México. The SNDi of new construction in Cárdenas rose steadily, compared to Tabasco which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Cárdenas's incremental SNDi rose from 4.05 to 6.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cárdenas ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Tabasco and 141st out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.13
Rank in México
175th of 182
Rank in Tabasco
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.58
Rank in México
141st of 182
Rank in Tabasco
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CardenasLuchengKoronadal

In new street additions, Cárdenas and Koronadal both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Lucheng built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Cárdenas and Koronadal both became progressively more disconnected, while Lucheng became progressively more connected. Cárdenas and Lucheng have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.