Chinandega in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Chinandega in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ChinandegaNicaragua (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chinandega plotted against Nicaragua. The SNDi of new construction in Chinandega peaked in 1991-2005, while Nicaragua rose steadily. Most recently, Chinandega's incremental SNDi fell from 3.67 to 3.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chinandega ranked 6th out of 10 in Nicaragua as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.46
Rank in Nicaragua
2nd of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.86
Rank in Nicaragua
6th of 10

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
ChinandegaKhazan GedidHuaikou

In new street additions, Chinandega built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Khazan Gedid built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Huaikou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Chinandega became progressively more disconnected, while Khazan Gedid became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Huaikou grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Chinandega had a more connected network than Huaikou in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.