Dias d'Ávila in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dias d'Avila in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Dias d'AvilaBahia (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dias d'Ávila plotted against Bahia and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Dias d'Ávila's incremental SNDi rose from 1.76 to 4.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dias d'Ávila ranked 9th out of 22 cities in Bahia and 171st out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.07
Rank in Brazil
255th of 365
Rank in Bahia
15th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.28
Rank in Brazil
171st of 365
Rank in Bahia
9th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Dias d'AvilaAzuaTikhoretsk

In new street additions, Dias d'Ávila and Azua both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tikhoretsk built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Azua and Tikhoretsk both became progressively more disconnected, while Dias d'Ávila fluctuated in connectivity. Dias d'Ávila and Azua have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.