Indaiatuba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Indaiatuba in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
IndaiatubaSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Indaiatuba plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Indaiatuba rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Indaiatuba's incremental SNDi rose from 2.56 to 3.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Indaiatuba ranked 43rd out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 180th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.94
Rank in Brazil
243rd of 365
Rank in São Paulo
43rd of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.36
Rank in Brazil
180th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
43rd 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
IndaiatubaFengchengTambacounda

In new street additions, Indaiatuba and Tambacounda both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Fengcheng built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Indaiatuba and Fengcheng have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.