Santa María Nebaj in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Santa Maria Nebaj in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santa María Nebaj plotted against Quiché and Guatemala. The SNDi of new construction in Santa María Nebaj followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Quiché which rose steadily and Guatemala which rose steadily. Most recently, Santa María Nebaj's incremental SNDi rose from 2.44 to 5.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santa María Nebaj ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Quiché and 4th out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.75
- Rank in Guatemala
- 17th of 31
- Rank in Quiché
- 2nd of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.71
- Rank in Guatemala
- 4th of 31
- Rank in Quiché
- 1st of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Cayambe, Ecuador
- Kharadpada, India
- Abu Matarig, Sudan
- Aisegba, Nigeria
- SHIBU, China
- Giteranyi, Burundi
In new street additions, Santa María Nebaj and Cayambe both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Aisegba built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Santa María Nebaj had a more connected network than Cayambe in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.