Francisco Beltrão in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Francisco Beltrao in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Francisco BeltraoParana (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Francisco Beltrão plotted against Paraná and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Francisco Beltrão 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, Francisco Beltrão's incremental SNDi rose from 3.43 to 4.19 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Francisco Beltrão ranked 18th out of 22 cities in Paraná and 286th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.19
Rank in Brazil
265th of 365
Rank in Paraná
17th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.21
Rank in Brazil
286th of 365
Rank in Paraná
18th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Francisco BeltraoYuanqiaoSwords

In new street additions, Francisco Beltrão built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yuanqiao fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Swords built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Francisco Beltrão became progressively more disconnected, while Yuanqiao became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and Swords grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Francisco Beltrão had a more connected network than Yuanqiao in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.