San Pedro Soloma in context: Street-network sprawl trends

San Pedro Soloma in context

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Pedro SolomaHuehuetenango (Region)Guatemala (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Pedro Soloma plotted against Huehuetenango and Guatemala. The SNDi of new construction in San Pedro Soloma peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Huehuetenango which rose steadily and Guatemala which rose steadily. Most recently, San Pedro Soloma's incremental SNDi fell from 6.79 to 4.35 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Pedro Soloma ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Huehuetenango and 9th out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.35
Rank in Guatemala
5th of 31
Rank in Huehuetenango
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.44
Rank in Guatemala
9th of 31
Rank in Huehuetenango
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
San Pedro SolomaGiad Industrial ComplexDumri Katsari

While Giad Industrial Complex and Dumri Katsari both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, San Pedro Soloma built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, San Pedro Soloma became progressively more disconnected, while Giad Industrial Complex fluctuated in connectivity and Dumri Katsari became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, San Pedro Soloma had a more connected network than Giad Industrial Complex in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.