Poços de Caldas in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pocos de Caldas in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pocos de CaldasMinas Gerais (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Poços de Caldas plotted against Minas Gerais and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Poços de Caldas 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, Poços de Caldas's incremental SNDi rose from 3.64 to 5.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Poços de Caldas ranked 35th out of 49 cities in Minas Gerais and 265th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.36
Rank in Brazil
329th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
46th of 49

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.92
Rank in Brazil
265th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
35th of 49

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Pocos de CaldasWaingapuTizi Ouzou

Poços de Caldas, Waingapu, and Tizi Ouzou all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network.