Santa Inês in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santa Ines 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
Santa InesMaranhao (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santa Inês plotted against Maranhão and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Santa Inês's incremental SNDi rose from 2.3 to 2.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santa Inês ranked 4th out of 11 cities in Maranhão and 107th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.41
Rank in Brazil
97th of 365
Rank in Maranhão
6th of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.91
Rank in Brazil
107th of 365
Rank in Maranhão
4th of 11

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
Santa InesLawrenceLuuq lwq

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