Sorocaba in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sorocaba in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sorocaba plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Sorocaba rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sorocaba's incremental SNDi rose from 4.38 to 5.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sorocaba ranked 66th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 303rd out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.38
- Rank in Brazil
- 330th of 365
- Rank in São Paulo
- 69th of 76
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.4
- Rank in Brazil
- 303rd of 365
- Rank in São Paulo
- 66th of 76
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Sorocaba and Kudus both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Rourkela fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Sorocaba and Kudus have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.