Breves in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Breves 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
BrevesPara (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Breves plotted against Pará and Brazil. While Pará and Brazil both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Breves's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Breves's incremental SNDi rose from 1.97 to 3.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Breves ranked 7th out of 16 cities in Pará and 110th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.38
Rank in Brazil
200th of 365
Rank in Pará
14th of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.92
Rank in Brazil
110th of 365
Rank in Pará
7th of 16

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BrevesMutombo-LamataMong Maw;Mongmao

Breves, Mutombo-Lamata, and Mong Maw;Mongmao all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. For the full network, Breves and Mutombo-Lamata both became progressively more disconnected, while Mong Maw;Mongmao fluctuated in connectivity. Breves and Mutombo-Lamata have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.