Masaya in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Masaya in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Masaya plotted against Nicaragua. Both Masaya and Nicaragua follow the same trend. Most recently, Masaya's incremental SNDi rose from 3.07 to 3.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Masaya ranked 1st out of 10 in Nicaragua as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.99
Rank in Nicaragua
4th of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.07
Rank in Nicaragua
1st 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
MasayaDongxiangTam Hong

While Dongxiang and Tam Hồng both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, Masaya built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Masaya became progressively more disconnected, while Dongxiang became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Tam Hồng became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Masaya and Dongxiang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.