Apucarana in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Apucarana in context

1.522.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ApucaranaParana (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Apucarana plotted against Paraná and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Apucarana's incremental SNDi rose from 2.24 to 2.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Apucarana ranked 7th out of 22 cities in Paraná and 153rd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.99
Rank in Brazil
159th of 365
Rank in Paraná
8th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.19
Rank in Brazil
153rd of 365
Rank in Paraná
7th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ApucaranaReinbekIdlib

Apucarana, Reinbek, and Idlib all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Apucarana had a more connected network than Reinbek in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.