Ibitinga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ibitinga in context

0.81.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.81.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
IbitingaSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ibitinga plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Ibitinga rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ibitinga's incremental SNDi rose from 2.13 to 2.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ibitinga ranked 28th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 114th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.68
Rank in Brazil
121st of 365
Rank in São Paulo
24th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.95
Rank in Brazil
114th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
28th of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
IbitingaAwguLukula

In new street additions, Ibitinga and Awgu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Lukula fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Ibitinga and Awgu both became progressively more disconnected, while Lukula grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Ibitinga and Lukula have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.