Huamantla in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Huamantla in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HuamantlaTlaxcala (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Huamantla plotted against Tlaxcala and México. While Tlaxcala and México both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Huamantla's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Huamantla's incremental SNDi rose from 3.06 to 4.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Huamantla ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Tlaxcala and 116th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.07
Rank in México
113th of 182
Rank in Tlaxcala
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.01
Rank in México
116th of 182
Rank in Tlaxcala
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HuamantlaMyaungtagarPenon del Rodadero

Huamantla, Myaungtagar, and Peñon del Rodadero all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Huamantla had a more sprawly network than Peñon del Rodadero in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.