Malacatán in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Malacatan in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Malacatán plotted against San Marcos and Guatemala. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Malacatán's incremental SNDi rose from 4.67 to 7.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Malacatán ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in San Marcos and 20th out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.45
- Rank in Guatemala
- 27th of 31
- Rank in San Marcos
- 2nd of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.33
- Rank in Guatemala
- 20th of 31
- Rank in San Marcos
- 2nd of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Makanza, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lushui, China
- San Carlos, Philippines
- Aiyetoro Gbede, Nigeria
- Manteca, United States
- Shikokuchuo, Japan
Malacatán, Makanza, and Aiyetoro Gbede all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Malacatán had a more connected network than Aiyetoro Gbede in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.