Parauapebas in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Parauapebas plotted against Pará and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Parauapebas peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Pará which peaked in 1976-1990 and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Parauapebas's incremental SNDi fell from 2.15 to 2.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Parauapebas ranked 8th out of 16 cities in Pará and 129th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Yarkand, China
• Daudnagar, India
• Atrauli, India
• Almeria, Spain
• Huaiyang, China
• Sơn Tây, Vietnam

In new street additions, Parauapebas and Almeria both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Yarkand built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Parauapebas and Almeria both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Yarkand became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Parauapebas had a more connected network than Almeria in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.