Altamira in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Altamira in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AltamiraPara (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Altamira plotted against Pará and Brazil. While Pará and Brazil both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Altamira's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Altamira's incremental SNDi rose from 2.19 to 2.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Altamira ranked 9th out of 16 cities in Pará and 132nd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.23
Rank in Brazil
78th of 365
Rank in Pará
7th of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.07
Rank in Brazil
132nd of 365
Rank in Pará
9th of 16

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AltamiraDhakia JummaParkonch

In new street additions, Altamira fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dhakia Jumma built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Parkonch built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Altamira became progressively more disconnected, while Dhakia Jumma grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Parkonch became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Altamira and Dhakia Jumma have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.