Sobradinho II 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 Sobradinho II plotted against Distrito Federal and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Sobradinho II peaked 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, Sobradinho II's incremental SNDi fell from 5.32 to 4.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sobradinho II ranked 8th out of 9 cities in Distrito Federal and 349th 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?

• Da'an, China
• Kyaiklat, Myanmar
• Xinfeng, China
• Tandlianwala, Pakistan
• Wulian, China
• Hatsinigmari, India

In new street additions, Sobradinho II and Tandlianwala both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Da'an built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Sobradinho II and Da'an have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.