Chiantla in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chiantla in context

5678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
5678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChiantlaHuehuetenango (Region)Guatemala (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chiantla plotted against Huehuetenango and Guatemala. The SNDi of new construction in Chiantla peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Huehuetenango which rose steadily and Guatemala which rose steadily. Most recently, Chiantla's incremental SNDi fell from 7.97 to 6.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chiantla ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Huehuetenango and 28th out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.76
Rank in Guatemala
23rd of 31
Rank in Huehuetenango
2nd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.09
Rank in Guatemala
28th of 31
Rank in Huehuetenango
3rd of 3

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
ChiantlaJinxiRoosendaal

While Jinxi and Roosendaal both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Chiantla built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.