Ilhéus in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ilheus in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ilhéus plotted against Bahia and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Ilhéus 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, Ilhéus's incremental SNDi rose from 5.7 to 8.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ilhéus ranked 20th out of 22 cities in Bahia and 339th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 8.46
- Rank in Brazil
- 361st of 365
- Rank in Bahia
- 22nd of 22
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.02
- Rank in Brazil
- 339th of 365
- Rank in Bahia
- 20th of 22
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kadoma, Zimbabwe
- Klagenfurt, Austria
- Rajpipla, India
- St. John's, Canada
- Ann Arbor, United States
- Idar, India
Ilhéus, Kadoma, and St. John's all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Ilhéus and St. John's have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.