Toledo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Toledo in context

22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ToledoParana (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Toledo plotted against Paraná and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Toledo's incremental SNDi rose from 1.97 to 2.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Toledo ranked 6th out of 22 cities in Paraná and 137th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.56
Rank in Brazil
107th of 365
Rank in Paraná
4th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.1
Rank in Brazil
137th of 365
Rank in Paraná
6th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ToledoBusisiKakamega

In new street additions, Toledo and Busisi both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kakamega built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Toledo and Busisi both fluctuated in connectivity, while Kakamega became progressively more disconnected. Toledo and Kakamega have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.