Sao Jose dos Campos in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sao Jose dos Campos in context

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sao Jose dos CamposSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sao Jose dos Campos plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Sao Jose dos Campos rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sao Jose dos Campos's incremental SNDi rose from 4.43 to 6.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sao Jose dos Campos ranked 65th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 302nd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
6.21
Rank in Brazil
346th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
75th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.4
Rank in Brazil
302nd of 365
Rank in São Paulo
65th of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sao Jose dos CamposJingzhouKermanshah

In new street additions, Sao Jose dos Campos and Kermanshah both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jingzhou built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Sao Jose dos Campos had a more connected network than Jingzhou in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.