Itapipoca in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Itapipoca in context

1.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ItapipocaCeara (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Itapipoca plotted against Ceará and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Itapipoca peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Ceará which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Itapipoca's incremental SNDi fell from 2.45 to 2.22 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Itapipoca ranked 4th out of 10 cities in Ceará and 148th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.22
Rank in Brazil
77th of 365
Rank in Ceará
4th of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.17
Rank in Brazil
148th of 365
Rank in Ceará
4th of 10

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
ItapipocaAqswkentSzombathely

While Aqswkent and Szombathely both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Itapipoca built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Itapipoca and Szombathely have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.