Bauru in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Bauru 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
BauruSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bauru plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. While São Paulo and Brazil both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Bauru's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bauru's incremental SNDi rose from 1.9 to 3.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bauru ranked 20th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 88th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.28
Rank in Brazil
193rd of 365
Rank in São Paulo
35th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.81
Rank in Brazil
88th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
20th of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BauruJiyuanWad Madani

In new street additions, Bauru fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jiyuan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Wad Madanī built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Bauru and Jiyuan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.