Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santa Lucia Cotzumalguapa in context

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santa Lucia CotzumalguapaEscuintla (Region)Guatemala (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa plotted against Escuintla and Guatemala. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa's incremental SNDi rose from 4.92 to 6.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Escuintla and 21st out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.26
Rank in Guatemala
22nd of 31
Rank in Escuintla
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.39
Rank in Guatemala
21st of 31
Rank in Escuintla
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santa Lucia CotzumalguapaBenchengFort Wayne

In new street additions, Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa and Fort Wayne both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bencheng fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa and Fort Wayne both became progressively more disconnected, while Bencheng fluctuated in connectivity. Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa and Bencheng have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.