São Roque in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sao Roque in context

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

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with São Roque plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in São Roque rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, São Roque's incremental SNDi rose from 4.98 to 5.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, São Roque ranked 71st out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 332nd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.59
Rank in Brazil
336th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
70th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.85
Rank in Brazil
332nd of 365
Rank in São Paulo
71st of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Sao RoqueFracc Villas del Real 2da SeccionOsaki

In new street additions, São Roque built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Fracc Villas del Real 2da Seccion built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Osaki 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, São Roque had a more connected network than Fracc Villas del Real 2da Seccion in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.