Guanambi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Guanambi in context

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
GuanambiBahia (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Guanambi plotted against Bahia and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Guanambi was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Guanambi's incremental SNDi rose from 1.18 to 1.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Guanambi ranked 1st out of 22 cities in Bahia and 3rd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.29
Rank in Brazil
3rd of 365
Rank in Bahia
1st of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.21
Rank in Brazil
3rd of 365
Rank in Bahia
1st of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GuanambiSuiLencois Paulista

In new street additions, Guanambi and Sui both built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Lençóis Paulista built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Guanambi and Sui both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Lençóis Paulista grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Guanambi and Sui have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.