Balneário Camboriú in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Balneario Camboriu in context

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
Balneario CamboriuSanta Catarina (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Balneário Camboriú plotted against Santa Catarina and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Balneário Camboriú rose steadily, compared to Santa Catarina which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Balneário Camboriú's incremental SNDi rose from 3.96 to 4.81 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Balneário Camboriú ranked 6th out of 13 cities in Santa Catarina and 258th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.81
Rank in Brazil
307th of 365
Rank in Santa Catarina
7th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.88
Rank in Brazil
258th of 365
Rank in Santa Catarina
6th of 13

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
Balneario CamboriuWanlaweynRutshuru

Balneário Camboriú, Wanlaweyn, and Rutshuru all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Balneário Camboriú and Wanlaweyn have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.