Eunápolis in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Eunapolis 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
EunapolisBahia (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Eunápolis plotted against Bahia and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Eunápolis rose steadily, compared to Bahia which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Eunápolis's incremental SNDi rose from 2.67 to 2.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Eunápolis ranked 11th out of 22 cities in Bahia and 205th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.74
Rank in Brazil
126th of 365
Rank in Bahia
7th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.46
Rank in Brazil
205th of 365
Rank in Bahia
11th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
EunapolisKhashm El GirbaSanta Cruz

In new street additions, Eunápolis and Khashm El Girba both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Santa Cruz built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Eunápolis and Santa Cruz have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.