Bragança Paulista in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Braganca Paulista in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Bragança Paulista plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Bragança Paulista rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Bragança Paulista's incremental SNDi rose from 3.46 to 4.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bragança Paulista ranked 55th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 274th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.72
- Rank in Brazil
- 304th of 365
- Rank in São Paulo
- 61st of 76
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.05
- Rank in Brazil
- 274th of 365
- Rank in São Paulo
- 55th of 76
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Bragança Paulista and Mogi Guaçu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yueyang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Bragança Paulista and Mogi Guaçu both became progressively more disconnected, while Yueyang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Bragança Paulista had a more connected network than Yueyang in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.