Araxá in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Araxa in context

1.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AraxaMinas Gerais (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Araxá plotted against Minas Gerais and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Araxá rose steadily, compared to Minas Gerais which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Araxá's incremental SNDi rose from 2.07 to 2.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Araxá ranked 17th out of 49 cities in Minas Gerais and 124th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.58
Rank in Brazil
110th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
12th of 49

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.03
Rank in Brazil
124th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
17th of 49

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AraxaLuizaBhargama

In new street additions, Araxá and Luiza both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bhargama built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Araxá and Luiza both became progressively more disconnected, while Bhargama became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Araxá had a more sprawly network than Luiza in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.