Batatais in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Batatais 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
BatataisSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Batatais plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Batatais rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Batatais's incremental SNDi rose from 1.6 to 2.24 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Batatais ranked 11th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 38th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.24
Rank in Brazil
81st of 365
Rank in São Paulo
10th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.52
Rank in Brazil
38th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
11th of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

11.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
11.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BatataisKanyeCeylanpinar

In new street additions, Batatais built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kanye built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Ceylanpınar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Batatais and Kanye both became progressively more disconnected, while Ceylanpınar became progressively more connected. Batatais and Ceylanpınar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.