San Pedro Sacatepéquez [San Marcos] in context: Street-network sprawl trends
San Pedro Sacatepequez [San Marcos] in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with San Pedro Sacatepéquez [San Marcos] plotted against San Marcos and Guatemala. The SNDi of new construction in San Pedro Sacatepéquez [San Marcos] peaked in 1991-2005, compared to San Marcos which rose steadily and Guatemala which rose steadily. Most recently, San Pedro Sacatepéquez [San Marcos]'s incremental SNDi fell from 5.71 to 3.47 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, San Pedro Sacatepéquez [San Marcos] ranked 1st out of 2 cities in San Marcos and 5th out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.47
- Rank in Guatemala
- 3rd of 31
- Rank in San Marcos
- 1st of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.97
- Rank in Guatemala
- 5th of 31
- Rank in San Marcos
- 1st of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Emure-Ekiti, Nigeria
- Kutoarjo, Indonesia
- Pingquan, China
- Bai Ghesi, Afghanistan
- Daraa, Syria
- Kepanjen, Indonesia
In new street additions, San Pedro Sacatepéquez [San Marcos] built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Emure-Ekiti built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Bai Ghesi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, San Pedro Sacatepéquez [San Marcos] and Emure-Ekiti both became progressively more disconnected, while Bai Ghesi became progressively more connected. Notably, San Pedro Sacatepéquez [San Marcos] had a more sprawly network than Emure-Ekiti in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.