Santa Cruz del Quiché in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Santa Cruz del Quiche in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santa Cruz del Quiché plotted against Quiché and Guatemala. The SNDi of new construction in Santa Cruz del Quiché followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Quiché which rose steadily and Guatemala which rose steadily. Most recently, Santa Cruz del Quiché's incremental SNDi rose from 3.41 to 5.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santa Cruz del Quiché ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Quiché and 6th out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.13
- Rank in Guatemala
- 11th of 31
- Rank in Quiché
- 1st of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.21
- Rank in Guatemala
- 6th of 31
- Rank in Quiché
- 2nd of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Nurabad, Iran
- Vadakkenchery, India
- Mazabuka, Zambia
- Carnot, Central African Republic
- Barrio Codesa, Ecuador
- Belize City, Belize
In new street additions, Santa Cruz del Quiché and Nurabad both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Carnot built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Santa Cruz del Quiché and Nurabad have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.