San Pedro Carchá in context: Street-network sprawl trends

San Pedro Carcha in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Pedro CarchaAlta Verapaz (Region)Guatemala (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Pedro Carchá plotted against Alta Verapaz and Guatemala. The SNDi of new construction in San Pedro Carchá followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Alta Verapaz which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Guatemala which rose steadily. Most recently, San Pedro Carchá's incremental SNDi rose from 6.96 to 8.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Pedro Carchá ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Alta Verapaz and 29th out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.57
Rank in Guatemala
29th of 31
Rank in Alta Verapaz
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.1
Rank in Guatemala
29th of 31
Rank in Alta Verapaz
2nd of 2

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
San Pedro CarchaCorumbaSurat Thani

In new street additions, San Pedro Carchá fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Corumbá built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Surat Thani built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, San Pedro Carchá and Surat Thani both became progressively more disconnected, while Corumbá grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, San Pedro Carchá had a more connected network than Surat Thani in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.