Capanema in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Capanema in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Capanema plotted against Pará and Brazil. While Pará and Brazil both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Capanema's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Capanema's incremental SNDi rose from 2.72 to 2.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Capanema ranked 12th out of 16 cities in Pará and 193rd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.77
Rank in Brazil
134th of 365
Rank in Pará
10th of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.41
Rank in Brazil
193rd of 365
Rank in Pará
12th of 16

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CapanemaLuccaJenin

In new street additions, Capanema fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Lucca built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Jenin built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Capanema and Lucca both became progressively more disconnected, while Jenin grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Capanema and Jenin have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.