Caçapava in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Cacapava in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CacapavaSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Caçapava plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Caçapava rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Caçapava's incremental SNDi rose from 4.31 to 4.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Caçapava ranked 50th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 235th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.63
Rank in Brazil
297th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
59th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.71
Rank in Brazil
235th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
50th of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CacapavaSopronCaico

While Sopron and Caicó both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Caçapava built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Caçapava and Sopron have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.