Tierra Blanca in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tierra Blanca in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Tierra BlancaVeracruz (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tierra Blanca plotted against Veracruz and México. The SNDi of new construction in Tierra Blanca rose steadily, compared to Veracruz which rose steadily and México which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tierra Blanca's incremental SNDi rose from 2.28 to 2.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tierra Blanca ranked 1st out of 14 cities in Veracruz and 24th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.95
Rank in México
54th of 182
Rank in Veracruz
1st of 14

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.9
Rank in México
24th of 182
Rank in Veracruz
1st of 14

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Tierra BlancaFolkestoneSchweinfurt

In new street additions, Tierra Blanca built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Folkestone built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Schweinfurt fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Tierra Blanca had a more connected network than Schweinfurt in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.