Juazeiro do Norte in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Juazeiro do Norte in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Juazeiro do NorteCeara (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Juazeiro do Norte plotted against Ceará and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Juazeiro do Norte's incremental SNDi rose from 1.54 to 1.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Juazeiro do Norte ranked 1st out of 10 cities in Ceará and 23rd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.66
Rank in Brazil
17th of 365
Rank in Ceará
1st of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.46
Rank in Brazil
23rd of 365
Rank in Ceará
1st of 10

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Juazeiro do NorteAl-MahmudiyaLafia

In new street additions, Juazeiro do Norte and Al-Mahmudiya both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Lafia built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.