Itapira in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Itapira in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Itapira plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Itapira rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Itapira's incremental SNDi rose from 2.53 to 3.67 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Itapira ranked 40th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 145th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.67
- Rank in Brazil
- 227th of 365
- Rank in São Paulo
- 41st of 76
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.14
- Rank in Brazil
- 145th of 365
- Rank in São Paulo
- 40th of 76
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Itapira built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kothapeta built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Hīt fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Itapira and Hīt both became progressively more disconnected, while Kothapeta became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.