Dourados in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dourados 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
DouradosMato Grosso do Sul (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dourados plotted against Mato Grosso do Sul and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Dourados rose steadily, compared to Mato Grosso do Sul which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dourados's incremental SNDi rose from 1.75 to 2.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dourados ranked 3rd out of 4 cities in Mato Grosso do Sul and 78th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.75
Rank in Brazil
128th of 365
Rank in Mato Grosso do Sul
4th of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.79
Rank in Brazil
78th of 365
Rank in Mato Grosso do Sul
3rd of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DouradosChuadangaDashoguz

In new street additions, Dourados and Chuadanga both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dashoguz built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Dourados and Chuadanga have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.