Momostenango in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Momostenango in context

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MomostenangoTotonicapan (Region)Guatemala (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Momostenango plotted against Totonicapán and Guatemala. The SNDi of new construction in Momostenango peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Totonicapán which rose steadily and Guatemala which rose steadily. Most recently, Momostenango's incremental SNDi fell from 10.43 to 6.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Momostenango ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Totonicapán and 22nd out of 31 in Guatemala as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.92
Rank in Guatemala
24th of 31
Rank in Totonicapán
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.49
Rank in Guatemala
22nd of 31
Rank in Totonicapán
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MomostenangoPundriSidi Yahya Zaer

In new street additions, Momostenango and Pundri both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Sidi Yahya Zaer built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Momostenango became progressively more disconnected, while Pundri grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Sidi Yahya Zaer grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Momostenango had a more connected network than Pundri in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.