Ijuí in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ijui in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
IjuiRio 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 Ijuí plotted against Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Ijuí 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, Ijuí's incremental SNDi rose from 1.91 to 2.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ijuí ranked 2nd out of 22 cities in Rio Grande do Sul and 75th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.97
Rank in Brazil
156th of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
3rd of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.77
Rank in Brazil
75th of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
2nd 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
IjuiMy DucYi Nong Cun

While Mỹ Đức and 益农村 both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Ijuí built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Ijuí became progressively more disconnected, while Mỹ Đức fluctuated in connectivity and 益农村 became progressively more connected. Ijuí and 益农村 have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.