Limeira in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Limeira in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LimeiraSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Limeira plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Limeira rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Limeira's incremental SNDi rose from 2.93 to 3.54 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Limeira ranked 47th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 211th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.54
Rank in Brazil
216th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
40th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.5
Rank in Brazil
211th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
47th of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LimeiraChernihivHazaribagh

In new street additions, Limeira and Hazaribagh both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Chernihiv built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Limeira had a more connected network than Chernihiv in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.