Recanto das Emas 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 Recanto das Emas plotted against Distrito Federal and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Recanto das Emas was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Recanto das Emas's incremental SNDi rose from 1.87 to 2.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Recanto das Emas ranked 2nd out of 9 cities in Distrito Federal and 131st 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?

• Qingkou, China
• Omoku, Nigeria
• Xishui County, China
• Tabora, Tanzania
• Jiangjing, China
• Mocuba, Mozambique

In new street additions, Recanto das Emas built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Qingkou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tabora built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Recanto das Emas became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Qingkou fluctuated in connectivity and Tabora became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Recanto das Emas had a more sprawly network than Tabora in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.