Cabo de Santo Agostinho in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cabo de Santo Agostinho in context

2.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Cabo de Santo AgostinhoPernambuco (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cabo de Santo Agostinho plotted against Pernambuco and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Cabo de Santo Agostinho peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Pernambuco which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Cabo de Santo Agostinho's incremental SNDi fell from 3.07 to 2.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cabo de Santo Agostinho ranked 12th out of 15 cities in Pernambuco and 257th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.66
Rank in Brazil
118th of 365
Rank in Pernambuco
9th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.88
Rank in Brazil
257th of 365
Rank in Pernambuco
12th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Cabo de Santo AgostinhoSaltoKhambhaliya

In new street additions, Cabo de Santo Agostinho built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Salto built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Khambhaliya built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Salto and Khambhaliya both became progressively more disconnected, while Cabo de Santo Agostinho grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Cabo de Santo Agostinho had a more sprawly network than Salto in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.