Siguatepeque in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Siguatepeque in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SiguatepequeComayagua (Region)Honduras (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Siguatepeque plotted against Comayagua and Honduras. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Siguatepeque's incremental SNDi rose from 2.55 to 3.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Siguatepeque ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Comayagua and 4th out of 16 in Honduras as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.8
Rank in Honduras
8th of 16
Rank in Comayagua
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.27
Rank in Honduras
4th of 16
Rank in Comayagua
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SiguatepequeItajubaBeiguan

In new street additions, Siguatepeque built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Itajubá fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Beiguan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Siguatepeque and Itajubá both became progressively more disconnected, while Beiguan became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Siguatepeque and Itajubá have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.