Mérida in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Merida 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
MeridaYucatan (Region)Mexico (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mérida plotted against Yucatán and México. While Yucatán and México both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Mérida's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mérida's incremental SNDi rose from 2.07 to 2.82 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mérida ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Yucatán and 19th out of 182 in México as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.82
Rank in México
48th of 182
Rank in Yucatán
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.78
Rank in México
19th of 182
Rank in Yucatán
2nd of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MeridaFarrukhabadJambi

Mérida, Farrukhabad, and Jambi all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.