Resende in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Resende 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
ResendeRio de Janeiro (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Resende plotted against Rio de Janeiro and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Resende peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Resende's incremental SNDi fell from 4.1 to 3.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Resende ranked 10th out of 22 cities in Rio de Janeiro and 294th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.73
Rank in Brazil
233rd of 365
Rank in Rio de Janeiro
7th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.31
Rank in Brazil
294th of 365
Rank in Rio de Janeiro
10th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ResendeBeraBandipora

While Bera and Bandipora both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Resende built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Resende and Bandipora have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.