Caraguatatuba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Caraguatatuba in context

234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CaraguatatubaSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Caraguatatuba plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Caraguatatuba rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Caraguatatuba's incremental SNDi rose from 3.07 to 4.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Caraguatatuba ranked 41st out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 164th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.58
Rank in Brazil
295th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
58th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.25
Rank in Brazil
164th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
41st of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
CaraguatatubaKertosonoSidi Bouzid

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