New Fribourg in context: Street-network sprawl trends

New Fribourg in context

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
New FribourgRio de Janeiro (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with New Fribourg plotted against Rio de Janeiro and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in New Fribourg rose steadily, compared to Rio de Janeiro which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, New Fribourg's incremental SNDi rose from 6.51 to 9.92 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, New Fribourg ranked 19th out of 22 cities in Rio de Janeiro and 356th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
9.92
Rank in Brazil
364th of 365
Rank in Rio de Janeiro
22nd of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.23
Rank in Brazil
356th of 365
Rank in Rio de Janeiro
19th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
New FribourgNeyveli TownshipNankou

In new street additions, New Fribourg built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Neyveli Township fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Nankou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, New Fribourg became progressively more disconnected, while Neyveli Township fluctuated in connectivity and Nankou grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.