Blumenau in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Blumenau in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Blumenau plotted against Santa Catarina and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Blumenau 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, Blumenau's incremental SNDi rose from 7.22 to 7.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Blumenau ranked 12th out of 13 cities in Santa Catarina and 360th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.45
- Rank in Brazil
- 355th of 365
- Rank in Santa Catarina
- 12th of 13
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.81
- Rank in Brazil
- 360th of 365
- Rank in Santa Catarina
- 12th of 13
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Bila Tserkva, Ukraine
- Mönchengladbach, Germany
- Khost, Afghanistan
- Kharian, Pakistan
- Eugene, United States
- Santa Ana, El Salvador
In new street additions, Blumenau and Bila Tserkva both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kharian fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Blumenau and Bila Tserkva both became progressively more disconnected, while Kharian fluctuated in connectivity. Blumenau and Kharian have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.