Vitória da Conquista in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Vitoria da Conquista in context

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Vitoria da ConquistaBahia (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Vitória da Conquista plotted against Bahia and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Vitória da Conquista 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, Vitória da Conquista's incremental SNDi rose from 1.82 to 2.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Vitória da Conquista ranked 6th out of 22 cities in Bahia and 69th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.76
Rank in Brazil
132nd of 365
Rank in Bahia
8th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.74
Rank in Brazil
69th of 365
Rank in Bahia
6th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.21.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Vitoria da ConquistaMantaHezhou

While Manta and Hezhou both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Vitória da Conquista built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Vitória da Conquista and Hezhou have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.