Puerto Cortés in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Puerto Cortes in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Puerto CortesCortes (Region)Honduras (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Puerto Cortés plotted against Cortés and Honduras. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Puerto Cortés's incremental SNDi rose from 3.96 to 4.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Puerto Cortés ranked 2nd out of 5 cities in Cortés and 9th out of 16 in Honduras as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.54
Rank in Honduras
11th of 16
Rank in Cortés
3rd of 5

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.97
Rank in Honduras
9th of 16
Rank in Cortés
2nd of 5

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Puerto CortesMobaCayenne

In new street additions, Puerto Cortés built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Moba fluctuated in street-construction patterns and Cayenne built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Puerto Cortés and Cayenne both became progressively more disconnected, while Moba fluctuated in connectivity.