Ponte dos Carvalhos in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ponte dos Carvalhos in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ponte dos Carvalhos plotted against Pernambuco and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ponte dos Carvalhos's incremental SNDi rose from 2.19 to 2.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ponte dos Carvalhos ranked 8th out of 15 cities in Pernambuco and 141st out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.23
Rank in Brazil
79th of 365
Rank in Pernambuco
6th of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.12
Rank in Brazil
141st of 365
Rank in Pernambuco
8th of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ponte dos CarvalhosFraaisigMixquiahuala

In new street additions, Ponte dos Carvalhos fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Fraaisig built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Mixquiahuala built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.