Jalapa in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Jalapa in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jalapa plotted against Guatemala. Both Jalapa and Guatemala follow the same trend. Most recently, Jalapa's incremental SNDi rose from 4.23 to 5.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jalapa ranked 7th out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.61
- Rank in Guatemala
- 16th of 31
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.37
- Rank in Guatemala
- 7th of 31
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sanghar, Pakistan
- Erdaojiang, China
- Villanueva, Honduras
- Wangjiazhai, China
- Fateh Jang, Pakistan
- 남흥동, North Korea
In new street additions, Jalapa built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sanghar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Wangjiazhai built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Jalapa became progressively more disconnected, while Sanghar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Wangjiazhai grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Jalapa had a more connected network than Sanghar in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.