Catacamas in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Catacamas in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Catacamas plotted against Olancho and Honduras. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Catacamas's incremental SNDi rose from 1.23 to 1.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Catacamas ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Olancho and 1st out of 16 in Honduras as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.62
Rank in Honduras
1st of 16
Rank in Olancho
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.25
Rank in Honduras
1st of 16
Rank in Olancho
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
CatacamasRyongampho-rodongjaguBirtamod

In new street additions, Catacamas and Ryongampho-rodongjagu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Birtamod built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Catacamas and Ryongampho-rodongjagu both became progressively more disconnected, while Birtamod grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Catacamas and Ryongampho-rodongjagu have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.