Cruzeiro do Sul in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cruzeiro do Sul in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Cruzeiro do SulAcre (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cruzeiro do Sul plotted against Acre and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Cruzeiro do Sul peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Acre which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Cruzeiro do Sul's incremental SNDi fell from 4.33 to 3.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cruzeiro do Sul ranked 1st out of 2 cities in Acre and 237th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.48
Rank in Brazil
211th of 365
Rank in Acre
1st of 2

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.72
Rank in Brazil
237th of 365
Rank in Acre
1st of 2

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Cruzeiro do SulTamaraivilluJacona de Plancarte

In new street additions, Cruzeiro do Sul built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Tamaraivillu built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Jacona de Plancarte fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Cruzeiro do Sul and Jacona de Plancarte have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.