Mineiros in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mineiros in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MineirosGoias (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mineiros plotted against Goiás and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Mineiros 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, Mineiros's incremental SNDi rose from 1.54 to 1.69 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mineiros ranked 6th out of 17 cities in Goiás and 24th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.69
Rank in Brazil
23rd of 365
Rank in Goiás
3rd of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.47
Rank in Brazil
24th of 365
Rank in Goiás
6th of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

08162432<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
08162432<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MineirosPleeboChandanpur

In new street additions, Mineiros and Pleebo both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Chandanpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mineiros and Pleebo both became progressively more disconnected, while Chandanpur fluctuated in connectivity. Mineiros and Pleebo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.