Tramandaí in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tramandai in context

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TramandaiRio 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 Tramandaí 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, Tramandaí's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tramandaí's incremental SNDi rose from 1.26 to 1.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tramandaí ranked 1st out of 22 cities in Rio Grande do Sul and 1st out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.28
Rank in Brazil
2nd of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
1st of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.19
Rank in Brazil
1st of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
1st 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
TramandaiZarzisAbu al Shuquq

In new street additions, Tramandaí fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Zarzis built increasingly connected streets over time and Abu al Shuquq built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Tramandaí and Abu al Shuquq both became progressively more disconnected, while Zarzis became progressively more connected.