Umuarama in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Umuarama in context

1.522.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UmuaramaParana (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Umuarama plotted against Paraná and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Umuarama's incremental SNDi rose from 2.31 to 3.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Umuarama ranked 10th out of 22 cities in Paraná and 178th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.25
Rank in Brazil
185th of 365
Rank in Paraná
12th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.31
Rank in Brazil
178th of 365
Rank in Paraná
10th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UmuaramaMaxixeIre

While Maxixe and Ire both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Umuarama fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Umuarama had a more sprawly network than Maxixe in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.