Fazenda Rio Grande in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Fazenda Rio Grande in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fazenda Rio Grande plotted against Paraná and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Fazenda Rio Grande 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, Fazenda Rio Grande's incremental SNDi rose from 3.42 to 5.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fazenda Rio Grande ranked 22nd out of 22 cities in Paraná and 338th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.72
- Rank in Brazil
- 339th of 365
- Rank in Paraná
- 21st of 22
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.02
- Rank in Brazil
- 338th of 365
- Rank in Paraná
- 22nd of 22
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Takaba, Kenya
- Hildesheim, Germany
- Mohammadia, Algeria
- Bhaluka, Bangladesh
- Medford, United States
- Guanhu, China
In new street additions, Fazenda Rio Grande built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Takaba built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Bhaluka built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Fazenda Rio Grande became progressively more disconnected, while Takaba became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Bhaluka grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Fazenda Rio Grande had a more connected network than Takaba in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.