Presidente Prudente in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Presidente Prudente 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
Presidente PrudenteSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Presidente Prudente plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Presidente Prudente rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Presidente Prudente's incremental SNDi rose from 2.3 to 2.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Presidente Prudente ranked 25th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 108th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.78
Rank in Brazil
137th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
26th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.91
Rank in Brazil
108th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
25th of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Presidente PrudenteTando AllahyarKishanganj

In new street additions, Presidente Prudente and Kishanganj both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tando Allahyar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Presidente Prudente and Kishanganj both became progressively more disconnected, while Tando Allahyar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Presidente Prudente and Kishanganj have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.