Lago Norte in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lago Norte plotted against Distrito Federal and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Lago Norte peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Distrito Federal which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Lago Norte's incremental SNDi fell from 4.23 to 3.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lago Norte ranked 9th out of 9 cities in Distrito Federal and 351st out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Beni Muhammadiyat, Egypt
• Anpara, India
• Shahrasti, Bangladesh
• Mallanwan, India
• Yuncheng, China
• Chilakaluripet, India

In new street additions, Lago Norte built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Beni Muhammadiyat built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Mallanwan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Lago Norte and Mallanwan both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Beni Muhammadiyat became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Lago Norte and Beni Muhammadiyat have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.