Carpina in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Carpina in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CarpinaPernambuco (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Carpina plotted against Pernambuco and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Carpina's incremental SNDi rose from 3.01 to 3.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Carpina ranked 13th out of 15 cities in Pernambuco and 260th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.42
Rank in Brazil
206th of 365
Rank in Pernambuco
11th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.89
Rank in Brazil
260th of 365
Rank in Pernambuco
13th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CarpinaKalolHetauda

In new street additions, Carpina and Kalol both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Hetauda built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Carpina and Hetauda have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.