Puerto Barrios in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Puerto Barrios in context

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Puerto BarriosIzabal (Region)Guatemala (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Puerto Barrios plotted against Izabal and Guatemala. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Puerto Barrios's incremental SNDi rose from 4.32 to 6.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Puerto Barrios ranked 2nd out of 3 cities in Izabal and 8th out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.09
Rank in Guatemala
20th of 31
Rank in Izabal
3rd of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.41
Rank in Guatemala
8th of 31
Rank in Izabal
2nd 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
Puerto BarriosJogbaniDayr al Barsha

In new street additions, Puerto Barrios built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jogbani built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Dayr al Barsha built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Puerto Barrios became progressively more disconnected, while Jogbani grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Dayr al Barsha became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Puerto Barrios had a more connected network than Dayr al Barsha in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.