Morales in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Morales in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Morales plotted against Izabal and Guatemala. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Morales's incremental SNDi rose from 5.29 to 5.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Morales ranked 3rd out of 3 cities in Izabal and 25th out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.37
- Rank in Guatemala
- 14th of 31
- Rank in Izabal
- 2nd of 3
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.97
- Rank in Guatemala
- 25th of 31
- Rank in Izabal
- 3rd of 3
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Morales built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Fria fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kashiwazaki built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Morales and Fria both became progressively more disconnected, while Kashiwazaki grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Morales and Fria have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.