Barra Bonita in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Barra Bonita in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Barra BonitaSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barra Bonita plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. While São Paulo and Brazil both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Barra Bonita's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Barra Bonita's incremental SNDi rose from 1.91 to 2.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barra Bonita ranked 23rd out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 93rd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.41
Rank in Brazil
95th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
17th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.84
Rank in Brazil
93rd of 365
Rank in São Paulo
23rd of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Barra BonitaAl KhidhrPidong

In new street additions, Barra Bonita and Pidong both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Al Khidhr built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Barra Bonita became progressively more disconnected, while Al Khidhr became progressively more connected and Pidong fluctuated in connectivity. Barra Bonita and Al Khidhr have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.