Caratinga: city in Minas Gerais, 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.
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Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Caratinga as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 3.31, which is highly disconnected.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are 2.88, 3.54, 3.83 and 5.74. In each period, new street development in Caratinga steadily grows more disconnected than in the last.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Caratinga spans a total of 147 kilometers. It is dominated by roads constructed prior to 1975. These roads have an SNDi of 2.88, 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 2.88, 3.14, 3.19 and 3.31. Overall, the SNDi of the aggregate street network has risen: the street network in Caratinga has become more disconnected. This increase has slowed: between 1975 and 1976-1990, SNDi rose by 0.25 points, but between 1991-2000 and 2001-2014, it rose by just 0.12.
Caratinga and Minas Gerais follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. The SNDi for both of these rose steadily.
How do development practices in Caratinga fare in comparison to others in Minas Gerais? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Caratinga was the 6th-most disconnected out of the 47 cities in Minas Gerais. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other cities in Minas Gerais, street construction in Caratinga has become more disconnected. Caratinga ranked 8th in 1975, 8th in 1976-1990, 12th in 1991-2000 and 6th in 2001-2014.
Caratinga and Brazil follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. The SNDi for both of these rose steadily.
How do development practices in Caratinga fare in comparison to others in Brazil? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Caratinga was the 40th-most disconnected out of the 348 cities in Brazil. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Caratinga ranked 40th in 1975, 46th in 1976-1990, 79th in 1991-2000 and 40th in 2001-2014.
Caratinga and Minas Gerais follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi for both of these rose steadily.
To date, Caratinga is the 7th-most disconnected out of the 47 cities in Minas Gerais. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other cities in Minas Gerais, the street network in Caratinga has become more disconnected. Caratinga ranked 8th in 1975, 7th in 1976-1990, 7th in 1991-2000 and 7th in 2001-2014.
Caratinga and Brazil follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi for both of these rose steadily.
To date, Caratinga is the 41st-most disconnected out of the 348 cities in Brazil. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Brazil, the street network in Caratinga has become more connected. Caratinga ranked 40th in 1975, 42nd in 1976-1990, 41st in 1991-2000 and 41st in 2001-2014.
As of 2015, Caratinga had a built-up area of 4.05 square kilometers, and a population of 60893 people.
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