Flores in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Flores in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Flores plotted against Petén and Guatemala. The SNDi of new construction in Flores followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Petén which was at its lowest in 1991-2005 and Guatemala which rose steadily. Most recently, Flores's incremental SNDi rose from 1.78 to 2.79 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Flores ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Petén and 2nd out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.79
- Rank in Guatemala
- 2nd of 31
- Rank in Petén
- 1st of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.95
- Rank in Guatemala
- 2nd of 31
- Rank in Petén
- 1st of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Flores fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Saktipur built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kattappana built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Flores and Saktipur both became progressively more disconnected, while Kattappana became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.