Colina de Laranjeiras in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Colina de Laranjeiras in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Colina de LaranjeirasEspirito Santo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Colina de Laranjeiras plotted against Espírito Santo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Colina de Laranjeiras rose steadily, compared to Espírito Santo which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Colina de Laranjeiras's incremental SNDi rose from 4.49 to 5.46 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Colina de Laranjeiras ranked 11th out of 11 cities in Espírito Santo and 321st out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.46
Rank in Brazil
332nd of 365
Rank in Espírito Santo
11th of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.68
Rank in Brazil
321st of 365
Rank in Espírito Santo
11th of 11

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Colina de LaranjeirasKassalaSherpur

While Kassala and Sherpur both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, Colina de Laranjeiras built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Colina de Laranjeiras became progressively more disconnected, while Kassala grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Sherpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Colina de Laranjeiras and Kassala have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.