Gurupi in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gurupi in context

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
GurupiTocantins (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gurupi plotted against Tocantins and Brazil. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Gurupi's incremental SNDi rose from 1.5 to 2.17 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gurupi ranked 1st out of 4 cities in Tocantins and 36th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.17
Rank in Brazil
73rd of 365
Rank in Tocantins
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.5
Rank in Brazil
36th of 365
Rank in Tocantins
1st of 4

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GurupiUmerkoteCalulo

While Umerkote and Calulo both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Gurupi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Gurupi and Umerkote have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.