Barra do Garças in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barra do Garças plotted against Mato Grosso and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Barra do Garças rose steadily, compared to Mato Grosso which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Barra do Garças's incremental SNDi rose from 2.52 to 3.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barra do Garças ranked 8th out of 9 cities in Mato Grosso and 188th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Kuthalam, India
• Hinche, Haiti
• Belovo, Russia
• Patran, India
• Bhadra, India
• Candeias, Brazil

In new street additions, Barra do Garças and Patran both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kuthalam built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Barra do Garças and Patran both became progressively more disconnected, while Kuthalam became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Barra do Garças and Kuthalam have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.