Patrocínio in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Patrocinio 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
PatrocinioMinas Gerais (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Patrocínio plotted against Minas Gerais and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Patrocínio 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, Patrocínio's incremental SNDi rose from 1.53 to 1.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Patrocínio ranked 2nd out of 49 cities in Minas Gerais and 20th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.6
Rank in Brazil
12th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
2nd of 49

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.44
Rank in Brazil
20th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
2nd of 49

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PatrocinioMaarrat al-Nu'manHaleji Sharif

In new street additions, Patrocínio built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Maarrat al-Nu'man built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Haleji Sharif built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Patrocínio and Maarrat al-Nu'man both became progressively more disconnected, while Haleji Sharif became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.