Juticalpa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Juticalpa in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JuticalpaOlancho (Region)Honduras (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Juticalpa plotted against Olancho and Honduras. The SNDi of new construction in Juticalpa was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Olancho which rose steadily and Honduras which rose steadily. Most recently, Juticalpa's incremental SNDi rose from 3.21 to 4.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Juticalpa ranked 2nd out of 2 cities in Olancho and 14th out of 16 in Honduras as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.03
Rank in Honduras
9th of 16
Rank in Olancho
2nd of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.37
Rank in Honduras
14th of 16
Rank in Olancho
2nd of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JuticalpaBoysunUmbulrejo

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