Pacajus in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pacajus in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PacajusCeara (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pacajus plotted against Ceará and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Pacajus's incremental SNDi rose from 2.43 to 2.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pacajus ranked 9th out of 10 cities in Ceará and 202nd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.67
Rank in Brazil
120th of 365
Rank in Ceará
8th of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.45
Rank in Brazil
202nd of 365
Rank in Ceará
9th of 10

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PacajusBumihayuPakariya

In new street additions, Pacajus fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bumihayu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Pakariya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Pacajus and Bumihayu both became progressively more disconnected, while Pakariya became progressively more connected. Pacajus and Pakariya have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.