Votuporanga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Votuporanga plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Votuporanga rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Votuporanga's incremental SNDi rose from 1.6 to 2.18 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Votuporanga ranked 14th out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 47th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Khwazakhela, Pakistan
• Uttaradit, Thailand
• Mousani, India
• Lewe, Myanmar
• Longxu, China
• Vandavasi, India

In new street additions, Votuporanga built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Khwazakhela fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Lewe built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Votuporanga became progressively more disconnected, while Khwazakhela fluctuated in connectivity and Lewe grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Votuporanga and Lewe have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.