Marília in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Marilia in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MariliaSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Marília plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Marília rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Marília's incremental SNDi rose from 2.83 to 4.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Marília ranked 42nd out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 177th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.16
Rank in Brazil
260th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
48th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.31
Rank in Brazil
177th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
42nd 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
MariliaAhmedpur EastAomori

In new street additions, Marília built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Ahmedpur East fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Aomori built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Marília and Aomori have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.