Quixadá in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Quixada 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
QuixadaCeara (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Quixadá plotted against Ceará and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Quixadá peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Quixadá's incremental SNDi fell from 2.62 to 1.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Quixadá ranked 5th out of 10 cities in Ceará and 161st out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.89
Rank in Brazil
43rd of 365
Rank in Ceará
2nd of 10

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in Brazil
161st of 365
Rank in Ceará
5th 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
QuixadaBritsNuevo Casas Grandes

While Brits and Nuevo Casas Grandes both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Quixadá built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Brits and Nuevo Casas Grandes both became progressively more disconnected, while Quixadá grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Quixadá and Brits have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.