Pirapora in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pirapora 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
PiraporaMinas Gerais (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pirapora plotted against Minas Gerais and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Pirapora's incremental SNDi rose from 1.43 to 1.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pirapora ranked 4th out of 49 cities in Minas Gerais and 26th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.72
Rank in Brazil
27th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
3rd of 49

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.47
Rank in Brazil
26th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
4th of 49

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PiraporaDera Murad JamaliMadera

In new street additions, Pirapora fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dera Murad Jamali fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Madera built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Pirapora fluctuated in connectivity, while Dera Murad Jamali fluctuated in connectivity and Madera became progressively more disconnected. Pirapora and Madera have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.