Santa Cruz do Sul in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santa Cruz do Sul in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz do Sul plotted against Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Santa Cruz 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, Santa Cruz do Sul's incremental SNDi rose from 3.26 to 4.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santa Cruz do Sul ranked 18th out of 22 cities in Rio Grande do Sul and 267th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.93
Rank in Brazil
310th of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
20th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.93
Rank in Brazil
267th of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
18th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santa Cruz do SulTepatitlanSharurah

In new street additions, Santa Cruz do Sul and Tepatitlán both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sharurah built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Santa Cruz do Sul and Tepatitlán both became progressively more disconnected, while Sharurah became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Santa Cruz do Sul had a more connected network than Sharurah in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.