Estância in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Estancia in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Estância plotted against Sergipe and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Estância's incremental SNDi rose from 2.47 to 3.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Estância ranked 3rd out of 5 cities in Sergipe and 184th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.16
- Rank in Brazil
- 175th of 365
- Rank in Sergipe
- 4th of 5
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.38
- Rank in Brazil
- 184th of 365
- Rank in Sergipe
- 3rd of 5
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Lobatse, Botswana
- Jenin, Palestine
- Capanema, Brazil
- Ngai Giao, Vietnam
- Barwa Rajapakar, India
- Chư Sê, Vietnam
In new street additions, Estância and Lobatse both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ngai Giao built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Estância and Lobatse both became progressively more disconnected, while Ngai Giao became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Estância and Lobatse have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.