Marapicu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Marapicu in context

2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MarapicuRio de Janeiro (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Marapicu plotted against Rio de Janeiro and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Marapicu's incremental SNDi rose from 2.47 to 3.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Marapicu ranked 2nd out of 22 cities in Rio de Janeiro and 220th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.25
Rank in Brazil
186th of 365
Rank in Rio de Janeiro
3rd of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.59
Rank in Brazil
220th of 365
Rank in Rio de Janeiro
2nd of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MarapicuHujiBisauli

In new street additions, Marapicu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Huji built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bisauli fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Marapicu fluctuated in connectivity, while Huji grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bisauli fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Marapicu had a more sprawly network than Huji in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.