Passo Fundo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Passo Fundo in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Passo FundoRio 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 Passo Fundo plotted against Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Passo Fundo 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, Passo Fundo's incremental SNDi rose from 2.31 to 3.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Passo Fundo ranked 4th out of 22 cities in Rio Grande do Sul and 111th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.06
Rank in Brazil
164th of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
4th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.94
Rank in Brazil
111th of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
4th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

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
Passo FundoSunyaniKanauta

In new street additions, Passo Fundo built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sunyani fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kanauta built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Passo Fundo and Sunyani both became progressively more disconnected, while Kanauta became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Passo Fundo and Sunyani have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.