Paranoá in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Paranoa in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ParanoaDistrito Federal (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Paranoá plotted against Distrito Federal and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Paranoá rose steadily, compared to Distrito Federal which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Paranoá's incremental SNDi rose from 2.21 to 2.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Paranoá ranked 4th out of 9 cities in Distrito Federal and 157th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.36
Rank in Brazil
90th of 365
Rank in Distrito Federal
2nd of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.22
Rank in Brazil
157th of 365
Rank in Distrito Federal
4th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ParanoaGutianTanjung Pandan

Paranoá, Gutian, and Tanjung Pandan all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Paranoá and Gutian have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.