Campos dos Goytacazes in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Campos dos Goytacazes in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Campos dos GoytacazesRio de Janeiro (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Campos dos Goytacazes plotted against Rio de Janeiro and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Campos dos Goytacazes's incremental SNDi rose from 3.13 to 3.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Campos dos Goytacazes ranked 3rd out of 22 cities in Rio de Janeiro and 232nd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.39
Rank in Brazil
201st of 365
Rank in Rio de Janeiro
5th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.69
Rank in Brazil
232nd of 365
Rank in Rio de Janeiro
3rd of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Campos dos GoytacazesBayuquanTakht Bhai

In new street additions, Campos dos Goytacazes and Takht Bhai both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bayuquan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Campos dos Goytacazes and Takht Bhai both became progressively more disconnected, while Bayuquan became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Campos dos Goytacazes had a more connected network than Bayuquan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.