Chimaltenango in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Chimaltenango in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chimaltenango plotted against Guatemala. The SNDi of new construction in Chimaltenango followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, while Guatemala rose steadily. Most recently, Chimaltenango's incremental SNDi rose from 4.61 to 4.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chimaltenango ranked 18th out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.84
- Rank in Guatemala
- 9th of 31
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.11
- Rank in Guatemala
- 18th of 31
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sagorkuti, India
- Bundi, India
- Mairena del Aljarafe, Spain
- George, South Africa
- Pyin Oo Lwin, Myanmar
- Dolopo, Indonesia
While Sagorkuti and George both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Chimaltenango fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Chimaltenango and Sagorkuti have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.