Santo Antônio do Descoberto in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Santo Antonio do Descoberto in context

1.522.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santo Antonio do DescobertoGoias (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Santo Antônio do Descoberto plotted against Goiás and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Santo Antônio do Descoberto's incremental SNDi rose from 2.31 to 3.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Santo Antônio do Descoberto ranked 14th out of 17 cities in Goiás and 195th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.21
Rank in Brazil
181st of 365
Rank in Goiás
14th of 17

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.42
Rank in Brazil
195th of 365
Rank in Goiás
14th of 17

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Santo Antonio do DescobertoSafwaHarad

While Safwa and Harad both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Santo Antônio do Descoberto fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Santo Antônio do Descoberto and Safwa have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.