Planaltina in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Planaltina 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
PlanaltinaDistrito Federal (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Planaltina plotted against Distrito Federal and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Planaltina's incremental SNDi rose from 2.32 to 3.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Planaltina ranked 3rd out of 9 cities in Distrito Federal and 151st out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.3
Rank in Brazil
196th of 365
Rank in Distrito Federal
5th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.18
Rank in Brazil
151st of 365
Rank in Distrito Federal
3rd of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

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
PlanaltinaChilakaluripetZizhong

In new street additions, Planaltina and Chilakaluripet both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Zizhong built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Planaltina and Chilakaluripet both became progressively more disconnected, while Zizhong grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Planaltina and Chilakaluripet have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.