Feira de Santana in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Feira de Santana in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Feira de SantanaBahia (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Feira de Santana plotted against Bahia and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Feira de Santana's incremental SNDi rose from 2.39 to 4.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Feira de Santana ranked 13th out of 22 cities in Bahia and 226th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.08
Rank in Brazil
257th of 365
Rank in Bahia
16th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.64
Rank in Brazil
226th of 365
Rank in Bahia
13th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Feira de SantanaVanIbb

Feira de Santana, Van, and Ibb all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. For the full network, Feira de Santana and Van both fluctuated in connectivity, while Ibb became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Feira de Santana had a more sprawly network than Van in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.