Simões Filho in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Simoes Filho in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Simoes FilhoBahia (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Simões Filho plotted against Bahia and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Simões Filho's incremental SNDi rose from 3.78 to 4.96 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Simões Filho ranked 21st out of 22 cities in Bahia and 341st out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.96
Rank in Brazil
312th of 365
Rank in Bahia
19th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.12
Rank in Brazil
341st of 365
Rank in Bahia
21st of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Simoes FilhoPano AkilMpumalanga

In new street additions, Simões Filho fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Pano Akil built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Mpumalanga built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Simões Filho fluctuated in connectivity, while Pano Akil became progressively more disconnected and Mpumalanga grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Simões Filho had a more sprawly network than Pano Akil in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.