Goiânia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Goiania in context

1.522.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GoianiaGoias (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Goiânia plotted against Goiás and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Goiânia rose steadily, compared to Goiás which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Goiânia's incremental SNDi rose from 2.18 to 2.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Goiânia ranked 13th out of 17 cities in Goiás and 122nd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.88
Rank in Brazil
148th of 365
Rank in Goiás
13th of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.02
Rank in Brazil
122nd of 365
Rank in Goiás
13th of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GoianiaMeerutMakassar

Goiânia, Meerut, and Makassar all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.