Minatitlán in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Minatitlan in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MinatitlanVeracruz (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Minatitlán plotted against Veracruz and México. While Veracruz and México both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Minatitlán's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Minatitlán's incremental SNDi rose from 3.88 to 4.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Minatitlán ranked 9th out of 14 cities in Veracruz and 129th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.56
Rank in México
137th of 182
Rank in Veracruz
7th of 14

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.17
Rank in México
129th of 182
Rank in Veracruz
9th of 14

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MinatitlanPetropavlPuranpur

In new street additions, Minatitlán and Petropavl both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Puranpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Minatitlán and Petropavl both became progressively more disconnected, while Puranpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Minatitlán had a more connected network than Puranpur in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.