Valença in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Valenca in context

2.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ValencaBahia (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Valença plotted against Bahia and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Valença's incremental SNDi rose from 2.77 to 3.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Valença ranked 16th out of 22 cities in Bahia and 275th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.57
Rank in Brazil
219th of 365
Rank in Bahia
12th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.05
Rank in Brazil
275th of 365
Rank in Bahia
16th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ValencaAshakaKalitheerthalkuppam

Valença, Ashaka, and Kalitheerthalkuppam all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.