Curvelo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Curvelo in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Curvelo plotted against Minas Gerais and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Curvelo 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, Curvelo's incremental SNDi rose from 1.7 to 2.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Curvelo ranked 8th out of 49 cities in Minas Gerais and 60th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.14
Rank in Brazil
68th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
9th of 49

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.69
Rank in Brazil
60th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
8th of 49

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CurveloBarwahaBhagwanpur

In new street additions, Curvelo built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Barwaha built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bhagwanpur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Curvelo and Barwaha both became progressively more disconnected, while Bhagwanpur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Curvelo and Barwaha have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.