Cascavel in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cascavel in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CascavelParana (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cascavel plotted against Paraná and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Cascavel rose steadily, compared to Paraná which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Cascavel's incremental SNDi rose from 2.6 to 3.53 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cascavel ranked 8th out of 22 cities in Paraná and 158th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.53
Rank in Brazil
214th of 365
Rank in Paraná
14th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.23
Rank in Brazil
158th of 365
Rank in Paraná
8th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CascavelSatkhiraPokhariya

In new street additions, Cascavel and Satkhira both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Pokhariya built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Cascavel and Satkhira both became progressively more disconnected, while Pokhariya grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Cascavel and Pokhariya have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.