Lins in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lins 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
LinsSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lins plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Lins rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Lins's incremental SNDi rose from 1.62 to 2.3 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lins ranked 4th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 16th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.3
Rank in Brazil
87th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
12th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.41
Rank in Brazil
16th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
4th of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LinsKarapinarPuding

In new street additions, Lins built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Karapınar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Puding fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Lins and Puding both became progressively more disconnected, while Karapınar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Lins and Karapınar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.