Caçador in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cacador 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
CacadorSanta Catarina (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Caçador plotted against Santa Catarina and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Caçador 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, Caçador's incremental SNDi rose from 3.44 to 3.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Caçador ranked 7th out of 13 cities in Santa Catarina and 269th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.98
Rank in Brazil
248th of 365
Rank in Santa Catarina
5th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.96
Rank in Brazil
269th of 365
Rank in Santa Catarina
7th of 13

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
CacadorValdemoroBanes

In new street additions, Caçador and Banes both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Valdemoro built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Caçador and Banes both became progressively more disconnected, while Valdemoro became progressively more connected. Caçador and Valdemoro have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.