Paragominas in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Paragominas 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
ParagominasPara (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Paragominas plotted against Pará and Brazil. While Pará and Brazil both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Paragominas's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Paragominas's incremental SNDi rose from 1.62 to 1.86 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Paragominas ranked 4th out of 16 cities in Pará and 65th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.86
Rank in Brazil
37th of 365
Rank in Pará
3rd of 16

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.72
Rank in Brazil
65th of 365
Rank in Pará
4th 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
ParagominasSagaraWhite Plains

While Sagara and White Plains both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Paragominas fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Sagara and White Plains both became progressively more disconnected, while Paragominas fluctuated in connectivity. Paragominas and Sagara have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.