Ponta Grossa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ponta Grossa 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
Ponta GrossaParana (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ponta Grossa plotted against Paraná and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Ponta Grossa 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, Ponta Grossa's incremental SNDi rose from 3.0 to 4.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ponta Grossa ranked 13th out of 22 cities in Paraná and 221st out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.0
Rank in Brazil
249th of 365
Rank in Paraná
15th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.6
Rank in Brazil
221st of 365
Rank in Paraná
13th 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
Ponta GrossaAttingalShariatpur

In new street additions, Ponta Grossa and Shariatpur both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Attingal built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Ponta Grossa and Shariatpur both became progressively more disconnected, while Attingal became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Ponta Grossa and Attingal have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.