Brusque in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Brusque in context

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BrusqueSanta Catarina (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Brusque plotted against Santa Catarina and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Brusque 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, Brusque's incremental SNDi rose from 6.48 to 6.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Brusque ranked 11th out of 13 cities in Santa Catarina and 358th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.8
Rank in Brazil
350th of 365
Rank in Santa Catarina
11th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.32
Rank in Brazil
358th of 365
Rank in Santa Catarina
11th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BrusqueJingxiyuanTianzhen

In new street additions, Brusque built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jingxiyuan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tianzhen built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Brusque became progressively more disconnected, while Jingxiyuan fluctuated in connectivity and Tianzhen grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Brusque had a more connected network than Jingxiyuan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.