Santa Cruz do Capibaribe in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santa Cruz do Capibaribe in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santa Cruz do CapibaribePernambuco (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santa Cruz do Capibaribe plotted against Pernambuco and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Santa Cruz do Capibaribe's incremental SNDi rose from 1.53 to 1.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santa Cruz do Capibaribe ranked 1st out of 15 cities in Pernambuco and 39th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.55
Rank in Brazil
7th of 365
Rank in Pernambuco
1st of 15

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.52
Rank in Brazil
39th of 365
Rank in Pernambuco
1st of 15

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santa Cruz do CapibaribeFatehabadMokopane

In new street additions, Santa Cruz do Capibaribe fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Fatehabad built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Mokopane built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Santa Cruz do Capibaribe and Fatehabad have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.