Itapetinga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Itapetinga 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
ItapetingaBahia (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Itapetinga plotted against Bahia and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Itapetinga 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, Itapetinga's incremental SNDi rose from 2.05 to 2.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Itapetinga ranked 4th out of 22 cities in Bahia and 61st out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.28
Rank in Brazil
86th of 365
Rank in Bahia
6th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.7
Rank in Brazil
61st of 365
Rank in Bahia
4th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ItapetingaKalitheerthalkuppamQipanjing

In new street additions, Itapetinga built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kalitheerthalkuppam fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Qipanjing built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Itapetinga became progressively more disconnected, while Kalitheerthalkuppam fluctuated in connectivity and Qipanjing became progressively more connected. Itapetinga and Qipanjing have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.