Poptún in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Poptun in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Poptún plotted against Petén and Guatemala. The SNDi of new construction in Poptún 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, Poptún's incremental SNDi rose from 2.14 to 3.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Poptún ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Petén and 3rd out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.5
Rank in Guatemala
4th of 31
Rank in Petén
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.47
Rank in Guatemala
3rd of 31
Rank in Petén
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PoptunJambusarQuba

In new street additions, Poptún and Quba both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jambusar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Poptún fluctuated in connectivity, while Jambusar became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Quba grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Poptún and Jambusar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.