Esteli in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Esteli in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Esteli plotted against Estelí and Nicaragua. The SNDi of new construction in Esteli followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to Estelí which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Nicaragua which rose steadily. Most recently, Esteli's incremental SNDi rose from 2.26 to 4.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Esteli ranked 1st out of 1 cities in Estelí and 5th out of 10 in Nicaragua as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.09
- Rank in Nicaragua
- 5th of 10
- Rank in Estelí
- 1st of 1
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.64
- Rank in Nicaragua
- 5th of 10
- Rank in Estelí
- 1st of 1
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Esteli fluctuated in street-construction patterns, while Caxias built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Xinle built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Esteli and Xinle both became progressively more disconnected, while Caxias grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Esteli had a more connected network than Caxias in 1975, but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.