Passos in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Passos in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PassosMinas Gerais (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Passos plotted against Minas Gerais and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Passos rose steadily, 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, Passos's incremental SNDi rose from 1.68 to 2.0 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Passos ranked 3rd out of 49 cities in Minas Gerais and 25th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.0
Rank in Brazil
52nd of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
6th of 49

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.47
Rank in Brazil
25th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
3rd of 49

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.81.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.81.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PassosShahr-e KordGliwice

In new street additions, Passos and Shahr-e Kord both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Gliwice built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Passos and Shahr-e Kord have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.