Crato in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Crato in context

22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CratoCeara (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Crato plotted against Ceará and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Crato's incremental SNDi rose from 2.31 to 3.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Crato ranked 7th out of 10 cities in Ceará and 192nd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.3
Rank in Brazil
195th of 365
Rank in Ceará
10th of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.41
Rank in Brazil
192nd of 365
Rank in Ceará
7th of 10

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CratoXiyangPiacenza

In new street additions, Crato fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Xiyang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Piacenza built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Xiyang and Piacenza both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Crato became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Crato had a more connected network than Piacenza in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.