Joinville in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Joinville in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JoinvilleSanta Catarina (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Joinville plotted against Santa Catarina and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Joinville's incremental SNDi rose from 3.88 to 4.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Joinville ranked 8th out of 13 cities in Santa Catarina and 308th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.94
Rank in Brazil
311th of 365
Rank in Santa Catarina
8th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.49
Rank in Brazil
308th of 365
Rank in Santa Catarina
8th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JoinvilleLeicesterBaguio

In new street additions, Joinville fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Leicester built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Baguio built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.