Novo Hamburgo in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Novo Hamburgo 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
Novo HamburgoRio 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 Novo Hamburgo plotted against Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Novo Hamburgo 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, Novo Hamburgo's incremental SNDi rose from 2.99 to 3.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Novo Hamburgo ranked 12th out of 22 cities in Rio Grande do Sul and 201st out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.54
Rank in Brazil
215th of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
11th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.44
Rank in Brazil
201st of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
12th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Novo HamburgoYulinGalle

In new street additions, Novo Hamburgo and Galle both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yulin built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Novo Hamburgo and Galle both became progressively more disconnected, while Yulin became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Novo Hamburgo and Yulin have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.