Goianésia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Goianesia in context

0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.81.62.43.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GoianesiaGoias (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Goianésia plotted against Goiás and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Goianésia's incremental SNDi rose from 1.45 to 1.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Goianésia ranked 3rd out of 17 cities in Goiás and 5th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.51
Rank in Brazil
5th of 365
Rank in Goiás
1st of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.29
Rank in Brazil
5th of 365
Rank in Goiás
3rd of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GoianesiaChernogorskZhanyi

While Chernogorsk and Zhanyi both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Goianésia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Goianésia and Chernogorsk have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.