Luziânia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Luziania in context

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LuzianiaGoias (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Luziânia plotted against Goiás and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Luziânia's incremental SNDi rose from 1.68 to 1.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Luziânia ranked 9th out of 17 cities in Goiás and 45th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.8
Rank in Brazil
33rd of 365
Rank in Goiás
7th of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.57
Rank in Brazil
45th of 365
Rank in Goiás
9th of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LuzianiaKorutlaNuzvid

In new street additions, Luziânia and Korutla both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Nuzvid built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Luziânia and Korutla have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.