Bragança in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Braganca in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BragancaPara (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bragança plotted against Pará and Brazil. While Pará and Brazil both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Bragança's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bragança's incremental SNDi rose from 1.97 to 2.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bragança ranked 10th out of 16 cities in Pará and 149th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.66
Rank in Brazil
119th of 365
Rank in Pará
9th of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.18
Rank in Brazil
149th of 365
Rank in Pará
10th of 16

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BragancaSan Pedro de la PazYongxing

In new street additions, Bragança and San Pedro de la Paz both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Yongxing built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, San Pedro de la Paz and Yongxing both became progressively more disconnected, while Bragança fluctuated in connectivity. Bragança and San Pedro de la Paz have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.