União da Vitória in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Uniao da Vitoria 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
Uniao da VitoriaParana (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with União da Vitória plotted against Paraná and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, União da Vitória's incremental SNDi rose from 2.61 to 3.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, União da Vitória ranked 12th out of 22 cities in Paraná and 190th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.23
Rank in Brazil
183rd of 365
Rank in Paraná
11th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.39
Rank in Brazil
190th of 365
Rank in Paraná
12th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Uniao da VitoriaAsadabadLinhu

In new street additions, União da Vitória fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Asadabad built increasingly connected streets over time and Linhu built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, União da Vitória became progressively more disconnected, while Asadabad became progressively more connected and Linhu became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. União da Vitória and Asadabad have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.