Fazenda Castro in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Fazenda Castro in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Fazenda Castro plotted against Minas Gerais and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Fazenda Castro's incremental SNDi rose from 3.16 to 3.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Fazenda Castro ranked 36th out of 49 cities in Minas Gerais and 285th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.66
Rank in Brazil
225th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
29th of 49

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.2
Rank in Brazil
285th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
36th of 49

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Fazenda CastroMandimbaIserlohn

In new street additions, Fazenda Castro fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mandimba built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Iserlohn built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.