Capão da Canoa in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Capao da Canoa in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Capão da Canoa plotted against Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil. While Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Capão da Canoa's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Capão da Canoa's incremental SNDi rose from 2.14 to 3.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Capão da Canoa ranked 9th out of 22 cities in Rio Grande do Sul and 172nd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.68
- Rank in Brazil
- 229th of 365
- Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
- 12th of 22
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.28
- Rank in Brazil
- 172nd of 365
- Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
- 9th of 22
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Tingo María, Peru
- Puttalam, Sri Lanka
- Parit Buntar, Malaysia
- Akre, Iraq
- Gostivar, North Macedonia
- Kailahun, Sierra Leone
In new street additions, Capão da Canoa and Tingo María both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Akre built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Capão da Canoa and Tingo María both became progressively more disconnected, while Akre became progressively more connected. Capão da Canoa and Akre have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.