Brits in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Brits in context

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BritsNorth West (Region)South Africa (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Brits plotted against North West and South Africa. The SNDi of new construction in Brits followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, compared to North West which rose steadily and South Africa which rose steadily. Most recently, Brits's incremental SNDi rose from 3.75 to 8.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Brits ranked 7th out of 9 cities in North West and 57th out of 81 in South Africa as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
8.1
Rank in South Africa
80th of 81
Rank in North West
9th of 9

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.71
Rank in South Africa
57th of 81
Rank in North West
7th of 9

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BritsDekinaQuixada

In new street additions, Brits fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Dekina built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Quixadá built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Brits and Dekina both became progressively more disconnected, while Quixadá grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Brits and Dekina have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.