Tipitapa in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Tipitapa in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tipitapa plotted against Managua and Nicaragua. The SNDi of new construction in Tipitapa followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Managua which rose steadily and Nicaragua which rose steadily. Most recently, Tipitapa's incremental SNDi rose from 2.2 to 4.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tipitapa ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Managua and 2nd out of 10 in Nicaragua as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.43
- Rank in Nicaragua
- 6th of 10
- Rank in Managua
- 1st of 2
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.27
- Rank in Nicaragua
- 2nd of 10
- Rank in Managua
- 1st of 2
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sikhalasenkosi, South Africa
- Southport, United Kingdom
- Kaffrine, Senegal
- Kirishima, Japan
- Jizan, Saudi Arabia
- Nefas Meewcha, Ethiopia
In new street additions, Tipitapa and Kirishima both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sikhalasenkosi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Tipitapa and Kirishima have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.