Horizonte in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Horizonte 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
HorizonteCeara (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Horizonte plotted against Ceará and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Horizonte's incremental SNDi rose from 2.3 to 2.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Horizonte ranked 8th out of 10 cities in Ceará and 196th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.51
Rank in Brazil
101st of 365
Rank in Ceará
6th of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.42
Rank in Brazil
196th of 365
Rank in Ceará
8th of 10

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
HorizonteFort PortalSikandar Pur

In new street additions, Horizonte fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Fort Portal built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Sikandar Pur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Horizonte fluctuated in connectivity, while Fort Portal became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Sikandar Pur fluctuated in connectivity. Horizonte and Fort Portal have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.