São João da Boa Vista in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sao Joao da Boa Vista in context

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sao Joao da Boa VistaSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with São João da Boa Vista plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in São João da Boa Vista rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, São João da Boa Vista's incremental SNDi rose from 2.93 to 3.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, São João da Boa Vista ranked 48th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 215th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.42
Rank in Brazil
207th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
38th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.55
Rank in Brazil
215th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
48th 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
Sao Joao da Boa VistaYangiyulCipolletti

In new street additions, São João da Boa Vista and Yangiyul both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Cipolletti built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, São João da Boa Vista and Yangiyul both became progressively more disconnected, while Cipolletti grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. São João da Boa Vista and Cipolletti have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.