Icaivera in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Icaivera in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
IcaiveraMinas Gerais (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Icaivera plotted against Minas Gerais and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Icaivera's incremental SNDi rose from 3.73 to 4.04 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Icaivera ranked 44th out of 49 cities in Minas Gerais and 325th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.04
Rank in Brazil
253rd of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
34th of 49

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.75
Rank in Brazil
325th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
44th of 49

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
IcaiveraAndong-siNanzheng

In new street additions, Icaivera and Andong-si both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Nanzheng built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Icaivera and Andong-si both became progressively more disconnected, while Nanzheng grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Icaivera and Nanzheng have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.