São Sebastião do Paraíso in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sao Sebastiao do Paraiso 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
Sao Sebastiao do ParaisoMinas Gerais (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with São Sebastião do Paraíso plotted against Minas Gerais and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in São Sebastião do Paraíso 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, São Sebastião do Paraíso's incremental SNDi rose from 1.78 to 2.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, São Sebastião do Paraíso ranked 7th out of 49 cities in Minas Gerais and 58th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.07
Rank in Brazil
60th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
8th of 49

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.67
Rank in Brazil
58th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
7th of 49

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

What about similarly populated cities?

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
Sao Sebastiao do ParaisoTikapurLuquan

In new street additions, São Sebastião do Paraíso built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tikapur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Luquan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. Looking at the full network, Tikapur and Luquan both became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while São Sebastião do Paraíso became progressively more disconnected. São Sebastião do Paraíso and Tikapur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.