Acayucan in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Acayucan 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
AcayucanVeracruz (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Acayucan plotted against Veracruz and México. The SNDi of new construction in Acayucan rose steadily, compared to Veracruz which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Acayucan's incremental SNDi rose from 3.74 to 4.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Acayucan ranked 5th out of 14 cities in Veracruz and 102nd out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.63
Rank in México
139th of 182
Rank in Veracruz
8th of 14

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.79
Rank in México
102nd of 182
Rank in Veracruz
5th of 14

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AcayucanDayr al BarshaPeddapalli

In new street additions, Acayucan built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dayr al Barsha built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Peddapalli built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Acayucan and Peddapalli both became progressively more disconnected, while Dayr al Barsha became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Acayucan and Dayr al Barsha have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.