Edinburg in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Edinburg in context

1.82.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
EdinburgTexas (Region)United States (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Edinburg plotted against Texas and United States. While Texas and United States both peaked in 1991-2005, Edinburg's new street additions peaked in 1991-2005. Most recently, Edinburg's incremental SNDi fell from 3.32 to 3.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Edinburg ranked 16th out of 42 cities in Texas and 116th out of 333 in United States as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.11
Rank in United States
50th of 333
Rank in Texas
15th of 42

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.8
Rank in United States
116th of 333
Rank in Texas
16th of 42

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
EdinburgMaasvlakteQi Xian Zhen

In new street additions, Edinburg and 蕲县镇 both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Maasvlakte fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Edinburg became progressively more disconnected, while Maasvlakte grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and 蕲县镇 grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Edinburg and 蕲县镇 have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.