São Miguel dos Campos in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sao Miguel dos Campos in context

1.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sao Miguel dos CamposAlagoas (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with São Miguel dos Campos plotted against Alagoas and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in São Miguel dos Campos peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Alagoas which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, São Miguel dos Campos's incremental SNDi fell from 1.46 to 1.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, São Miguel dos Campos ranked 1st out of 3 cities in Alagoas and 11th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.13
Rank in Brazil
1st of 365
Rank in Alagoas
1st of 3

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.36
Rank in Brazil
11th of 365
Rank in Alagoas
1st of 3

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sao Miguel dos CamposZharkentFort Walton Beach

In new street additions, São Miguel dos Campos and Zharkent both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Fort Walton Beach built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, São Miguel dos Campos and Zharkent both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Fort Walton Beach became progressively more disconnected.