Sapiranga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sapiranga in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SapirangaRio 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 Sapiranga plotted against Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Sapiranga 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, Sapiranga's incremental SNDi rose from 2.41 to 3.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sapiranga ranked 8th out of 22 cities in Rio Grande do Sul and 166th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.28
Rank in Brazil
192nd of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
6th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.25
Rank in Brazil
166th of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
8th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SapirangaLaurelKidapawan

In new street additions, Sapiranga and Kidapawan both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Laurel built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Sapiranga and Kidapawan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.