Pindamonhangaba in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Pindamonhangaba in context

2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.12.83.54.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PindamonhangabaSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Pindamonhangaba plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. While São Paulo and Brazil both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Pindamonhangaba's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Pindamonhangaba's incremental SNDi rose from 4.11 to 4.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pindamonhangaba ranked 59th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 281st out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.36
Rank in Brazil
280th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
53rd of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.16
Rank in Brazil
281st of 365
Rank in São Paulo
59th of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

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
PindamonhangabaNsawamBillings

In new street additions, Pindamonhangaba fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Nsawam built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Billings built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Pindamonhangaba and Billings both became progressively more disconnected, while Nsawam became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Pindamonhangaba and Nsawam have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.