Jaraguá do Sul in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jaraguá do Sul plotted against Santa Catarina and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Jaraguá do Sul's incremental SNDi rose from 5.53 to 6.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jaraguá do Sul ranked 10th out of 13 cities in Santa Catarina and 353rd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Kosi Kalan, India
• Hangu, Pakistan
• Weishi, China
• Pattukkottai, India
• Jajag, Indonesia
• Kapiri Mposhi, Zambia

In new street additions, Jaraguá do Sul fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kosi Kalan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Pattukkottai built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Jaraguá do Sul and Kosi Kalan both became progressively more disconnected, while Pattukkottai became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Jaraguá do Sul had a more connected network than Kosi Kalan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.