Rio Verde in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rio Verde 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
Rio VerdeGoias (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rio Verde plotted against Goiás and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Rio Verde 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, Rio Verde's incremental SNDi rose from 1.32 to 1.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rio Verde ranked 4th out of 17 cities in Goiás and 8th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.76
Rank in Brazil
29th of 365
Rank in Goiás
6th of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.31
Rank in Brazil
8th of 365
Rank in Goiás
4th of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Rio VerdeInaruwaBei Tang

In new street additions, Rio Verde and Inaruwa both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while 北塘 built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Rio Verde and Inaruwa both became progressively more disconnected, while 北塘 grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Rio Verde and Inaruwa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.