Barreiras in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Barreiras in context

22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BarreirasBahia (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barreiras plotted against Bahia and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Barreiras's incremental SNDi rose from 2.06 to 2.17 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barreiras ranked 7th out of 22 cities in Bahia and 155th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.17
Rank in Brazil
72nd of 365
Rank in Bahia
5th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.21
Rank in Brazil
155th of 365
Rank in Bahia
7th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BarreirasDanchengYadgir

In new street additions, Barreiras and Dancheng both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Yadgir built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Barreiras grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Dancheng became progressively more disconnected and Yadgir became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Barreiras and Dancheng have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.