Vila Jardim in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Vila Jardim in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Vila JardimBahia (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Vila Jardim plotted against Bahia and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Vila Jardim's incremental SNDi rose from 3.08 to 3.65 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Vila Jardim ranked 17th out of 22 cities in Bahia and 293rd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.65
Rank in Brazil
224th of 365
Rank in Bahia
14th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.29
Rank in Brazil
293rd of 365
Rank in Bahia
17th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Vila JardimGiessenYanchi

In new street additions, Vila Jardim and Yanchi both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Gießen built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Gießen and Yanchi both became progressively more disconnected, while Vila Jardim fluctuated in connectivity. Vila Jardim and Yanchi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.