Lins in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Lins in context
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?
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.