Coatepeque in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Coatepeque in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Coatepeque plotted against Quezaltenango and Guatemala. While Quezaltenango and Guatemala both rose steadily, Coatepeque's new street additions rose steadily. Most recently, Coatepeque's incremental SNDi rose from 4.46 to 6.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Coatepeque ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Quezaltenango and 15th out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.1
Rank in Guatemala
21st of 31
Rank in Quezaltenango
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.93
Rank in Guatemala
15th of 31
Rank in Quezaltenango
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CoatepequeDavenportAmora

In new street additions, Coatepeque and Davenport both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Amora fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Coatepeque and Davenport both became progressively more disconnected, while Amora became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Coatepeque had a more connected network than Amora in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.