São Mateus in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sao Mateus in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sao MateusEspirito Santo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with São Mateus plotted against Espírito Santo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in São Mateus peaked in 1991-2005, 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, São Mateus's incremental SNDi fell from 2.67 to 2.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, São Mateus ranked 4th out of 11 cities in Espírito Santo and 176th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.62
Rank in Brazil
114th of 365
Rank in Espírito Santo
1st of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.31
Rank in Brazil
176th of 365
Rank in Espírito Santo
4th of 11

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sao MateusLabuhaTargu Jiu

In new street additions, São Mateus and Labuha both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Târgu Jiu built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. São Mateus and Labuha have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.