Itaituba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Itaituba 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
ItaitubaPara (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Itaituba plotted against Pará and Brazil. While Pará and Brazil both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Itaituba's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Itaituba's incremental SNDi rose from 2.37 to 2.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Itaituba ranked 11th out of 16 cities in Pará and 165th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.98
Rank in Brazil
157th of 365
Rank in Pará
12th of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.25
Rank in Brazil
165th of 365
Rank in Pará
11th of 16

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ItaitubaPara de MinasJabal us Saraj

In new street additions, Itaituba fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Pará de Minas built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Jabal us Saraj built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Itaituba and Pará de Minas both became progressively more disconnected, while Jabal us Saraj became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Itaituba had a more connected network than Pará de Minas in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.