Leme in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Leme in context

0.81.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.81.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LemeSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Leme plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Leme rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Leme's incremental SNDi rose from 1.78 to 2.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Leme ranked 16th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 56th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.52
Rank in Brazil
103rd of 365
Rank in São Paulo
21st of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.65
Rank in Brazil
56th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
16th of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LemeLa RochelleChengde

In new street additions, Leme and Chengde both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while La Rochelle built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Leme and Chengde both became progressively more disconnected, while La Rochelle grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Leme and La Rochelle have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.