Jinotega in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jinotega in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jinotega plotted against Nicaragua. Both Jinotega and Nicaragua follow the same trend. Most recently, Jinotega's incremental SNDi rose from 3.08 to 3.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jinotega ranked 4th out of 10 in Nicaragua as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.59
Rank in Nicaragua
3rd of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.59
Rank in Nicaragua
4th of 10

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JinotegaYuPinglu

In new street additions, Jinotega built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Pinglu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Jinotega and Pinglu both became progressively more disconnected, while Yu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Jinotega had a more connected network than Pinglu in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.