Quetzaltenango in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Quetzaltenango in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Quetzaltenango plotted against Quezaltenango and Guatemala. The SNDi of new construction in Quetzaltenango peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Quezaltenango which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Guatemala which rose steadily. Most recently, Quetzaltenango's incremental SNDi fell from 4.75 to 4.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Quetzaltenango ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Quezaltenango and 19th out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.6
- Rank in Guatemala
- 6th of 31
- Rank in Quezaltenango
- 1st of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.18
- Rank in Guatemala
- 19th of 31
- Rank in Quezaltenango
- 2nd of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kanyamazane, South Africa
- Sihui, China
- Porlamar, Venezuela
- Dausa, India
- Malemba-Nkulu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Jinshan, China
In new street additions, Quetzaltenango built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kanyamazane fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Dausa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Quetzaltenango and Kanyamazane both became progressively more disconnected, while Dausa fluctuated in connectivity. Quetzaltenango and Kanyamazane have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.