Itumbiara in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Itumbiara in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Itumbiara plotted against Goiás and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Itumbiara's incremental SNDi rose from 1.28 to 1.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Itumbiara ranked 2nd out of 17 cities in Goiás and 4th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.74
- Rank in Brazil
- 28th of 365
- Rank in Goiás
- 5th of 17
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.27
- Rank in Brazil
- 4th of 365
- Rank in Goiás
- 2nd of 17
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Itumbiara and Kannad both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Nanba built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Itumbiara and Nanba have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.