Itapetininga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Itapetininga in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ItapetiningaSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Itapetininga plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Itapetininga rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Itapetininga's incremental SNDi rose from 2.32 to 3.29 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Itapetininga ranked 35th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 136th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.29
Rank in Brazil
194th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
36th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.09
Rank in Brazil
136th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
35th 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
ItapetiningaMileGaotang

While Mile and Gaotang both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Itapetininga built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Itapetininga and Gaotang both became progressively more disconnected, while Mile fluctuated in connectivity. Itapetininga and Gaotang have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.