Vitória in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Vitoria in context

2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
VitoriaEspirito Santo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Vitória plotted against Espírito Santo and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Vitória's incremental SNDi rose from 2.91 to 3.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Vitória ranked 6th out of 11 cities in Espírito Santo and 219th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.64
Rank in Brazil
223rd of 365
Rank in Espírito Santo
5th of 11

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.58
Rank in Brazil
219th of 365
Rank in Espírito Santo
6th of 11

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
VitoriaKigaliBaoding

In new street additions, Vitória and Baoding both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kigali built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Vitória and Kigali both became progressively more disconnected, while Baoding fluctuated in connectivity. Vitória and Kigali have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.