Conselheiro Lafaiete in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Conselheiro Lafaiete in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Conselheiro LafaieteMinas Gerais (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Conselheiro Lafaiete plotted against Minas Gerais and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Conselheiro Lafaiete 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, Conselheiro Lafaiete's incremental SNDi rose from 3.32 to 3.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Conselheiro Lafaiete ranked 32nd out of 49 cities in Minas Gerais and 251st out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.74
Rank in Brazil
234th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
32nd of 49

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.82
Rank in Brazil
251st of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
32nd of 49

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Conselheiro LafaieteJohiEl Abiodh Sidi Cheikh

In new street additions, Conselheiro Lafaiete built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Johi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Conselheiro Lafaiete became progressively more disconnected, while Johi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh became progressively more connected. Notably, Conselheiro Lafaiete had a more connected network than Johi in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.