Brazlândia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Brazlandia in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BrazlandiaDistrito Federal (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Brazlândia plotted against Distrito Federal and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Brazlândia's incremental SNDi rose from 1.66 to 1.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Brazlândia ranked 1st out of 9 cities in Distrito Federal and 59th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.68
Rank in Brazil
22nd of 365
Rank in Distrito Federal
1st of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.68
Rank in Brazil
59th of 365
Rank in Distrito Federal
1st of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BrazlandiaSaint CloudIshkamish

In new street additions, Brazlândia and Saint Cloud both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Ishkamish fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Brazlândia fluctuated in connectivity, while Saint Cloud became progressively more disconnected and Ishkamish fluctuated in connectivity. Brazlândia and Saint Cloud have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.