Franca in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Franca in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Franca plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Franca rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Franca's incremental SNDi rose from 2.23 to 3.02 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Franca ranked 26th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 109th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.02
- Rank in Brazil
- 161st of 365
- Rank in São Paulo
- 31st of 76
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 1.92
- Rank in Brazil
- 109th of 365
- Rank in São Paulo
- 26th of 76
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Sherpur, Bangladesh
- Colina de Laranjeiras, Brazil
- Kassala, Sudan
- Suizhou, China
- Nagasaki, Japan
- Villavicencio, Colombia
In new street additions, Franca built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sherpur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Suizhou built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Franca became progressively more disconnected, while Sherpur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Suizhou became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Franca and Sherpur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.