Poza Rica in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Poza Rica in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Poza RicaVeracruz (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Poza Rica plotted against Veracruz and México. While Veracruz and México both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Poza Rica's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Poza Rica's incremental SNDi rose from 3.39 to 5.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Poza Rica ranked 7th out of 14 cities in Veracruz and 119th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.78
Rank in México
167th of 182
Rank in Veracruz
13th of 14

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.04
Rank in México
119th of 182
Rank in Veracruz
7th of 14

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
Poza RicaZhangyeLaredo

In new street additions, Poza Rica fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Zhangye built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Laredo built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Poza Rica and Laredo both became progressively more disconnected, while Zhangye became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Poza Rica and Zhangye have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.