Pato Branco in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pato Branco in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pato BrancoParana (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pato Branco plotted against Paraná and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Pato Branco 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, Pato Branco's incremental SNDi rose from 2.99 to 3.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pato Branco ranked 15th out of 22 cities in Paraná and 230th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.51
Rank in Brazil
212th of 365
Rank in Paraná
13th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.68
Rank in Brazil
230th of 365
Rank in Paraná
15th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pato BrancoChibintepaQuillota

In new street additions, Pato Branco and Chibintepa both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Quillota built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Pato Branco and Quillota have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.