Abaetetuba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Abaetetuba in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AbaetetubaPara (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Abaetetuba plotted against Pará and Brazil. While Pará and Brazil both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Abaetetuba's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Abaetetuba's incremental SNDi rose from 2.75 to 4.01 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Abaetetuba ranked 14th out of 16 cities in Pará and 236th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.01
Rank in Brazil
251st of 365
Rank in Pará
15th of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.71
Rank in Brazil
236th of 365
Rank in Pará
14th of 16

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
AbaetetubaAngra dos ReisTral

In new street additions, Abaetetuba and Angra dos Reis both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tral built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Abaetetuba and Tral have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.