Bagé in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bage in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BageRio Grande do Sul (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bagé plotted against Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil. While Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Bagé's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bagé's incremental SNDi rose from 2.45 to 3.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bagé ranked 5th out of 22 cities in Rio Grande do Sul and 135th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.41
Rank in Brazil
205th of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
9th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.09
Rank in Brazil
135th of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
5th 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
BageLankakhn abd

In new street additions, Bagé fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Lanka built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and خان آباد built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Bagé and خان آباد both became progressively more disconnected, while Lanka became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Bagé and خان آباد have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.