Atibaia in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Atibaia in context

22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AtibaiaSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Atibaia plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. While São Paulo and Brazil both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Atibaia's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Atibaia's incremental SNDi rose from 2.74 to 3.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Atibaia ranked 51st out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 239th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.39
Rank in Brazil
202nd of 365
Rank in São Paulo
37th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.75
Rank in Brazil
239th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
51st of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AtibaiaLeccoForli

In new street additions, Atibaia and Lecco both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Forlì built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Atibaia had a more connected network than Forlì in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.