Chiquimula in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chiquimula in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChiquimulaGuatemala (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chiquimula plotted against Guatemala. The SNDi of new construction in Chiquimula followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, while Guatemala rose steadily. Most recently, Chiquimula's incremental SNDi rose from 3.61 to 5.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chiquimula ranked 10th out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.29
Rank in Guatemala
13th of 31

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.48
Rank in Guatemala
10th of 31

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChiquimulaBrandonConstance

While Brandon and Constance both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Chiquimula fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Chiquimula and Constance have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.