Rio Claro in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rio Claro in context

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Rio ClaroSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rio Claro plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Rio Claro rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Rio Claro's incremental SNDi rose from 2.52 to 4.2 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rio Claro ranked 24th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 106th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.2
Rank in Brazil
266th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
49th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.91
Rank in Brazil
106th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
24th of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Rio ClaroSendhwaShuanglong

In new street additions, Rio Claro built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sendhwa fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Shuanglong built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. Looking at the full network, Sendhwa and Shuanglong both became progressively more connected, while Rio Claro became progressively more disconnected. Rio Claro and Sendhwa have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.