Sinop in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sinop plotted against Mato Grosso and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Sinop's incremental SNDi rose from 1.67 to 1.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sinop ranked 6th out of 9 cities in Mato Grosso and 82nd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Tychy, Poland
• Tunduma, Tanzania
• Ipiales, Colombia
• Phyongwon, North Korea
• Kafr Saqr, Egypt
• Yevpatoriya, Ukraine

In new street additions, Sinop fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tychy built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Phyongwon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Tychy and Phyongwon both became progressively more disconnected, while Sinop grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Sinop and Tychy have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.