Valparaíso de Goiás in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Valparaiso de Goias in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Valparaiso de GoiasDistrito Federal (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Valparaíso de Goiás plotted against Distrito Federal and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Valparaíso de Goiás's incremental SNDi rose from 3.0 to 5.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Valparaíso de Goiás ranked 6th out of 9 cities in Distrito Federal and 282nd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.77
Rank in Brazil
340th of 365
Rank in Distrito Federal
9th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.17
Rank in Brazil
282nd of 365
Rank in Distrito Federal
6th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Valparaiso de GoiasPittsburghHengshui

In new street additions, Valparaíso de Goiás and Pittsburgh both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Hengshui built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Valparaíso de Goiás had a more connected network than Pittsburgh in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.