La Ceiba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with La Ceiba plotted against Atlántida and Honduras. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, La Ceiba's incremental SNDi rose from 4.05 to 5.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, La Ceiba ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Atlántida and 15th out of 16 in Honduras as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Meili, China
• Govardhan, India
• Bắc Giang, Vietnam
• Kovilpatti, India
• Ternate, Indonesia
• Bandikui, India

In new street additions, La Ceiba built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Meili built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Kovilpatti built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, La Ceiba became progressively more disconnected, while Meili grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Kovilpatti grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, La Ceiba had a more connected network than Meili in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.