Ipatinga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ipatinga in context

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
IpatingaMinas Gerais (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ipatinga plotted against Minas Gerais and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Ipatinga peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Ipatinga's incremental SNDi fell from 4.26 to 4.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ipatinga ranked 34th out of 49 cities in Minas Gerais and 256th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.18
Rank in Brazil
263rd of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
37th of 49

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.87
Rank in Brazil
256th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
34th 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
IpatingaMwene-DituMuzaffarabad

While Mwene-Ditu and Muzaffarabad both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Ipatinga built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ipatinga and Muzaffarabad have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.