Uberaba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Uberaba 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
UberabaMinas Gerais (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Uberaba plotted against Minas Gerais and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Uberaba 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, Uberaba's incremental SNDi rose from 2.3 to 2.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Uberaba ranked 16th out of 49 cities in Minas Gerais and 119th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.77
Rank in Brazil
136th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
17th of 49

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.99
Rank in Brazil
119th of 365
Rank in Minas Gerais
16th of 49

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
UberabaGumi-siToulon

In new street additions, Uberaba built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Gumi-si fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Toulon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Uberaba and Toulon both became progressively more disconnected, while Gumi-si fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Uberaba had a more connected network than Gumi-si in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.