Governador Valadares in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Governador Valadares in context

22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Governador ValadaresMinas Gerais (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Governador Valadares plotted against Minas Gerais and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Governador Valadares 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, Governador Valadares's incremental SNDi rose from 3.3 to 3.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Governador Valadares ranked 30th out of 49 cities in Minas Gerais and 241st out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.4
Rank in Brazil
204th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
25th of 49

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.76
Rank in Brazil
241st of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
30th of 49

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Governador ValadaresQenaSaskatoon

In new street additions, Governador Valadares built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Qena fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Saskatoon fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Governador Valadares became progressively more disconnected, while Qena fluctuated in connectivity and Saskatoon became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Governador Valadares had a more connected network than Qena in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.