Tubarão in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tubarao 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
TubaraoSanta Catarina (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tubarão plotted against Santa Catarina and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Tubarão 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, Tubarão's incremental SNDi rose from 3.75 to 3.96 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tubarão ranked 4th out of 13 cities in Santa Catarina and 242nd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.96
Rank in Brazil
245th of 365
Rank in Santa Catarina
4th of 13

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.77
Rank in Brazil
242nd of 365
Rank in Santa Catarina
4th of 13

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TubaraoFanshiBlantyre

While Fanshi and Blantyre both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Tubarão built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Tubarão and Blantyre both became progressively more disconnected, while Fanshi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Tubarão and Fanshi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.