Sant'Ana do Livramento in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sant'Ana do Livramento in context

2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.433.64.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sant'Ana do LivramentoRio 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 Sant'Ana do Livramento plotted against Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Sant'Ana do Livramento 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, Sant'Ana do Livramento's incremental SNDi rose from 3.35 to 3.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sant'Ana do Livramento ranked 16th out of 22 cities in Rio Grande do Sul and 231st out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.51
Rank in Brazil
213th of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
10th of 22

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.68
Rank in Brazil
231st of 365
Rank in Rio Grande do Sul
16th of 22

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sant'Ana do LivramentoTolgaYuzhong

In new street additions, Sant'Ana do Livramento and Tolga both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yuzhong built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Sant'Ana do Livramento and Tolga both became progressively more disconnected, while Yuzhong grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Sant'Ana do Livramento and Tolga have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.