Orizaba in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Orizaba in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Orizaba plotted against Veracruz and México. The SNDi of new construction in Orizaba rose steadily, compared to Veracruz which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Orizaba's incremental SNDi rose from 4.02 to 4.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Orizaba ranked 10th out of 14 cities in Veracruz and 131st out of 182 in México as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.84
- Rank in México
- 147th of 182
- Rank in Veracruz
- 10th of 14
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.23
- Rank in México
- 131st of 182
- Rank in Veracruz
- 10th of 14
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Orizaba built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Amroha fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Bari fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Orizaba and Bari both became progressively more disconnected, while Amroha became progressively more connected. Notably, Orizaba had a more connected network than Bari in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.