Araraquara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Araraquara in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AraraquaraSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Araraquara plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Araraquara rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Araraquara's incremental SNDi rose from 2.15 to 2.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Araraquara ranked 29th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 117th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.73
Rank in Brazil
125th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
25th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.98
Rank in Brazil
117th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
29th of 76

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
AraraquaraSorongPatuakhali

In new street additions, Araraquara and Patuakhali both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sorong fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.