Bento Gonçalves in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bento Goncalves in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bento GoncalvesRio 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 Bento Gonçalves plotted against Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Bento Gonçalves rose steadily, compared to Rio Grande do Sul which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bento Gonçalves's incremental SNDi rose from 4.55 to 5.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bento Gonçalves ranked 22nd out of 22 cities in Rio Grande do Sul and 335th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.3
Rank in Brazil
324th of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
22nd of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.88
Rank in Brazil
335th of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
22nd of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Bento GoncalvesGreen BayLigao

In new street additions, Bento Gonçalves and Green Bay both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ligao fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Bento Gonçalves and Green Bay both became progressively more disconnected, while Ligao fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Bento Gonçalves had a more connected network than Ligao in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.