Coronel Fabriciano 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 Coronel Fabriciano plotted against Minas Gerais and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Coronel Fabriciano 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, Coronel Fabriciano's incremental SNDi rose from 4.5 to 6.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Coronel Fabriciano ranked 42nd out of 49 cities in Minas Gerais and 306th 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?

• Gafsa, Tunisia
• Zalantun, China
• Renhuai, China
• Salehia, Egypt
• Pinghe, China
• Weiyuan, China

In new street additions, Coronel Fabriciano and Salehia both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Gafsa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Coronel Fabriciano and Salehia both became progressively more disconnected, while Gafsa grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Coronel Fabriciano and Gafsa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.