Lucas do Rio Verde 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 Lucas do Rio Verde plotted against Mato Grosso and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Lucas do Rio Verde peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Lucas do Rio Verde's incremental SNDi fell from 1.82 to 1.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lucas do Rio Verde ranked 7th out of 9 cities in Mato Grosso and 87th 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?

• KARIM ALY ABDO, Egypt
• Barharwa, India
• Cairns, Australia
• Chumphon, Thailand
• San Antonio del Táchira, Venezuela
• Mang, China

While KARIM ALY ABDO and Chumphon both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Lucas do Rio Verde built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. Looking at the full network, KARIM ALY ABDO and Chumphon both became progressively more disconnected, while Lucas do Rio Verde grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Lucas do Rio Verde and KARIM ALY ABDO have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.