Paradise Hills in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Paradise Hills in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Paradise HillsNew Mexico (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Paradise Hills plotted against New Mexico and United States. The SNDi of new construction in Paradise Hills followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to New Mexico which peaked in 1991-2005 and United States which peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Paradise Hills's incremental SNDi fell from 4.58 to 4.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Paradise Hills ranked 4th out of 4 cities in New Mexico and 271st out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.19
Rank in United States
177th of 333
Rank in New Mexico
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.24
Rank in United States
271st of 333
Rank in New Mexico
4th of 4

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
Paradise HillsKatoroReggio nell'Emilia

In new street additions, Paradise Hills fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Katoro built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Reggio nell'Emilia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Paradise Hills fluctuated in connectivity, while Katoro became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Reggio nell'Emilia became progressively more disconnected.