Nova Lima in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nova Lima in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nova Lima plotted against Minas Gerais and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Nova Lima's incremental SNDi rose from 3.57 to 3.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nova Lima ranked 38th out of 49 cities in Minas Gerais and 290th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.6
- Rank in Brazil
- 221st of 365
- Rank in Minas Gerais
- 28th of 49
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.25
- Rank in Brazil
- 290th of 365
- Rank in Minas Gerais
- 38th of 49
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Cobija, Bolivia
- Ishkamish, Afghanistan
- Brazlândia, Brazil
- Mechra Bel Ksiri, Morocco
- Fort Portal, Uganda
- Horizonte, Brazil
In new street additions, Nova Lima and Cobija both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mechra Bel Ksiri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Nova Lima became progressively more disconnected, while Cobija fluctuated in connectivity and Mechra Bel Ksiri fluctuated in connectivity. Nova Lima and Cobija have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.