Cianorte in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cianorte 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
CianorteParana (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cianorte plotted against Paraná and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Cianorte 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, Cianorte's incremental SNDi rose from 1.44 to 1.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cianorte ranked 2nd out of 22 cities in Paraná and 19th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.95
Rank in Brazil
50th of 365
Rank in Paraná
1st of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.43
Rank in Brazil
19th of 365
Rank in Paraná
2nd of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CianorteQingchengDjibo

In new street additions, Cianorte built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Qingcheng built increasingly connected streets over time and Djibo built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Cianorte became progressively more disconnected, while Qingcheng became progressively more connected and Djibo became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Cianorte and Qingcheng have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.