Jardim Santa Fé in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jardim Santa Fe in context

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Jardim Santa FeSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jardim Santa Fé plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. While São Paulo and Brazil both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Jardim Santa Fé's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jardim Santa Fé's incremental SNDi rose from 5.55 to 7.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jardim Santa Fé ranked 76th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 359th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.6
Rank in Brazil
356th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
76th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.66
Rank in Brazil
359th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
76th of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Jardim Santa FeCaceresMossel Bay

In new street additions, Jardim Santa Fé and Cáceres both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Mossel Bay built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Jardim Santa Fé and Mossel Bay have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.