Caicó in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Caico in context

1.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CaicoRio Grande do Norte (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Caicó plotted against Rio Grande do Norte and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Caicó's incremental SNDi rose from 2.0 to 2.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Caicó ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Rio Grande do Norte and 92nd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.03
Rank in Brazil
55th of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Norte
1st of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.83
Rank in Brazil
92nd of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Norte
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CaicoCacapavaWoodland

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