Caruaru in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Caruaru in context

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CaruaruPernambuco (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Caruaru plotted against Pernambuco and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Caruaru's incremental SNDi rose from 1.98 to 2.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Caruaru ranked 5th out of 15 cities in Pernambuco and 81st out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.02
Rank in Brazil
54th of 365
Rank in Pernambuco
5th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.79
Rank in Brazil
81st of 365
Rank in Pernambuco
5th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CaruaruCherepovetsMurmansk

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