Jataí in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jatai 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
JataiGoias (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jataí plotted against Goiás and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Jataí 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, Jataí's incremental SNDi rose from 1.45 to 1.57 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jataí ranked 1st out of 17 cities in Goiás and 2nd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.57
Rank in Brazil
8th of 365
Rank in Goiás
2nd of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.19
Rank in Brazil
2nd of 365
Rank in Goiás
1st of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JataiBafiaJatani

In new street additions, Jataí and Bafia both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jatani built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.