Cachoeira do Sul in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cachoeira do Sul in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Cachoeira do SulRio Grande do Sul (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cachoeira do Sul plotted against Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Cachoeira do Sul rose steadily, compared to Rio Grande do Sul which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Cachoeira do Sul's incremental SNDi rose from 2.94 to 4.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cachoeira do Sul ranked 11th out of 22 cities in Rio Grande do Sul and 194th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.68
Rank in Brazil
301st of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
19th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.42
Rank in Brazil
194th of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
11th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Cachoeira do SulBaihataSuq Shamar

In new street additions, Cachoeira do Sul built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Baihata built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Suq Shamar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Cachoeira do Sul and Baihata both became progressively more disconnected, while Suq Shamar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Cachoeira do Sul and Baihata have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.