Nova Serrana in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nova Serrana in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nova Serrana 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 Serrana's incremental SNDi rose from 1.62 to 2.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nova Serrana ranked 11th out of 49 cities in Minas Gerais and 86th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.07
- Rank in Brazil
- 59th of 365
- Rank in Minas Gerais
- 7th of 49
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.8
- Rank in Brazil
- 86th of 365
- Rank in Minas Gerais
- 11th of 49
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Mukachevo, Ukraine
- Shihali, Bangladesh
- Hanumangarh, India
- Huoqiu, China
- Luoning County, China
- Nassarawa, Nigeria
In new street additions, Nova Serrana and Huoqiu both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mukachevo built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Mukachevo and Huoqiu both became progressively more disconnected, while Nova Serrana fluctuated in connectivity.