Jaú in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jau 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
JauSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jaú plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. While São Paulo and Brazil both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Jaú's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Jaú's incremental SNDi rose from 1.77 to 2.11 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jaú ranked 15th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 53rd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.11
Rank in Brazil
66th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
6th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.64
Rank in Brazil
53rd of 365
Rank in São Paulo
15th of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JauVisaliaDibiyapur

In new street additions, Jaú fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Visalia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Dibiyapur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Jaú and Visalia both became progressively more disconnected, while Dibiyapur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Jaú and Dibiyapur have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.