Montes Claros in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Montes Claros in context

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Montes ClarosMinas Gerais (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Montes Claros plotted against Minas Gerais and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Montes Claros's incremental SNDi rose from 2.08 to 2.76 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Montes Claros ranked 12th out of 49 cities in Minas Gerais and 89th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.76
Rank in Brazil
131st of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
16th of 49

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.82
Rank in Brazil
89th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
12th 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
Montes ClarosHulanNankang

In new street additions, Montes Claros fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Hulan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Nankang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Hulan and Nankang both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Montes Claros became progressively more disconnected.