Lajeado in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lajeado 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
LajeadoRio 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 Lajeado 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, Lajeado's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Lajeado's incremental SNDi rose from 4.09 to 4.27 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lajeado ranked 21st out of 22 cities in Rio Grande do Sul and 324th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.27
Rank in Brazil
274th of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
16th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.72
Rank in Brazil
324th of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
21st of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LajeadoXikouKaiserslautern

In new street additions, Lajeado fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Xikou built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Kaiserslautern built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Lajeado and Kaiserslautern have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.