Sololá - Tz'olöj Ya' in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Solola - Tz'oloj Ya' in context

5678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
5678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Solola - Tz'oloj Ya'Solola (Region)Guatemala (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sololá - Tz'olöj Ya' plotted against Sololá and Guatemala. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Sololá - Tz'olöj Ya''s incremental SNDi rose from 7.54 to 8.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sololá - Tz'olöj Ya' ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Sololá and 30th out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.38
Rank in Guatemala
28th of 31
Rank in Sololá
1st of 1

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
6.29
Rank in Guatemala
30th of 31
Rank in Sololá
1st of 1

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Solola - Tz'oloj Ya'Kara-BaltaKalasin

In new street additions, Sololá - Tz'olöj Ya' and Kalasin both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kara-Balta fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.