Minas Gerais: region in Brazil
What exactly constitutes the spatial extent of the city? For these aggregations, we used the Global Human Settlement Layer Urban Center Database (GHS-UCDB) to define the boundaries of the city. These cities -- or urban centers -- cover areas that are densely populated and built-up, and so may extend beyond the spatial borders of these cities that we may be familiar with. The GHS area is shaded in blue.
View Minas Gerais, Brazil on the sprawlmap
Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Minas Gerais as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 2.46, which is in the 40th to 60th percentile of disconnectedness.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are 1.82, 2.29, 3.04 and 3.58. In each period, new street development in Minas Gerais steadily grows more disconnected than in the last.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Minas Gerais spans a total of 134294 kilometers. The period with the greatest volume of street construction was 1976-1990. These roads have an SNDi of 2.29, which is in the 40th to 60th percentile of disconnectedness.
Effect on the aggregate network: New construction in each period adds to the total stock of streets, but does not change streets that have already been built. Therefore, it has a limited effect on the street network as a whole. The SNDis of the aggregate street network in the respective time periods are 1.82, 2.08, 2.3 and 2.46. Overall, the SNDi of the aggregate street network has risen: the street network in Minas Gerais has become more disconnected. This increase has slowed: between 1975 and 1976-1990, SNDi rose by 0.27 points, but between 1991-2000 and 2001-2014, it rose by just 0.16.
The level of street-network sprawl in new development in Minas Gerais rose steadily. To get a sense of how street development has changed in Minas Gerais, we can consider three of its most populous cities: Belo Horizonte, Uberlândia and Juiz de Fora. Disconnectivity in the most populous cities in Minas Gerais follow the same region trend.
How do development practices in Minas Gerais fare in comparison to others in Brazil? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Minas Gerais was the 15th-most disconnected out of the 29 regions in Brazil. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other regions in Brazil, street construction in Minas Gerais has become more disconnected. Minas Gerais ranked 19th in 1975, 6th in 1976-1990, 16th in 1991-2000 and 15th in 2001-2014.
As of 2014, the city with the most disconnected street network in Minas Gerais is Juiz de Fora with an SNDi of 4.58, which is highly disconnected. Conversely, the most connected city is Pirapora with an SNDi of -0.36, which is very well-connected. See trends for these cities: Pirapora, Juiz de Fora
The level of street-network sprawl in the aggregate network in Minas Gerais rose steadily. To get a sense of how the aggregate street network has changed in Minas Gerais, we can consider three of its most populous cities: Belo Horizonte, Uberlândia and Juiz de Fora. Disconnectivity in the most populous cities in Minas Gerais follow the same region trend.
To date, Minas Gerais is the 14th-most disconnected out of the 29 regions in Brazil. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other regions in Brazil, the street network in Minas Gerais has become more disconnected. Minas Gerais ranked 19th in 1975, 13th in 1976-1990, 14th in 1991-2000 and 14th in 2001-2014.
- Ituiutaba
- Uberlândia
- Araguari
- Uberaba
- Unaí
- Paracatu
- Patrocínio
- Araxá
- São Sebastião do Paraíso
- Patos de Minas
- Passos
- Poços de Caldas
- Alfenas
- Pouso Alegre
- Pirapora
- Formiga
- Varginha
- Nova Serrana
- Itajubá
- Três Corações
- Divinópolis
- Lavras
- Curvelo
- Pará de Minas
- Itaúna
- Montes Claros
- Sete Lagoas
- Belo Horizonte
- Belvedere
- Icaivera
- Ribeirão das Neves
- São João del-Rei
- Janaúba
- Conselheiro Lafaiete
- Barbacena
- Itabira
- Juiz de Fora
- Ubá
- Viçosa
- Coronel Fabriciano
- Ipatinga
- Cataguases
- Muriaé
- Caratinga
- Governador Valadares
- Manhuaçu
- Teófilo Otoni