Mirassol in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mirassol in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MirassolSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mirassol plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Mirassol rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mirassol's incremental SNDi rose from 2.28 to 2.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mirassol ranked 31st out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 121st out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.4
Rank in Brazil
93rd of 365
Rank in São Paulo
15th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.02
Rank in Brazil
121st of 365
Rank in São Paulo
31st 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
MirassolAl AarouiAngor

In new street additions, Mirassol built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Al Aaroui fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Angor fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mirassol became progressively more disconnected, while Al Aaroui fluctuated in connectivity and Angor became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Mirassol had a more connected network than Al Aaroui in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.