Lorena in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Lorena in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
LorenaSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Lorena plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. While São Paulo and Brazil both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Lorena's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Lorena's incremental SNDi rose from 2.38 to 4.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Lorena ranked 36th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 139th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.56
Rank in Brazil
293rd of 365
Rank in São Paulo
57th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.11
Rank in Brazil
139th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
36th 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
LorenaSanta Barbara del ZuliaCruzeiro

Lorena, Santa Bárbara del Zulia, and Cruzeiro all fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Lorena and Santa Bárbara del Zulia have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.