Araçatuba: city in São Paulo, Brazil
What exactly constitutes the spatial extent of the city? For these aggregations, we used the Global Human Settlement Layer Urban Center Database (GHS-UCDB) to define the boundaries of the city. These cities -- or urban centers -- cover areas that are densely populated and built-up, and so may extend beyond the spatial borders of these cities that we may be familiar with. The GHS area is shaded in blue.
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Most recent snapshot: Taking into account the entire (i.e. aggregate) street network in Araçatuba as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 0.12, which is very well-connected.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are -0.47, 0.29, 0.58 and 2.02. In each period, new street development in Araçatuba steadily grows more disconnected than in the last.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Araçatuba spans a total of 803 kilometers. The period with the greatest volume of street construction was 1975. These roads have an SNDi of -0.47, which is very well-connected.
Effect on the aggregate network: New construction in each period adds to the total stock of streets, but does not change streets that have already been built. Therefore, it has a limited effect on the street network as a whole. The SNDis of the aggregate street network in the respective time periods are -0.47, -0.15, 0.0 and 0.12. Overall, the SNDi of the aggregate street network has risen: the street network in Araçatuba has become more disconnected. This increase has slowed: between 1975 and 1976-1990, SNDi rose by 0.32 points, but between 1991-2000 and 2001-2014, it rose by just 0.12.
Araçatuba and São Paulo follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. The SNDi for both of these rose steadily.
How do development practices in Araçatuba fare in comparison to others in São Paulo? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Araçatuba was the 50th-most disconnected out of the 74 cities in São Paulo. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other cities in São Paulo, street construction in Araçatuba has become more disconnected. Araçatuba ranked 69th in 1975, 60th in 1976-1990, 61st in 1991-2000 and 50th in 2001-2014.
Araçatuba and Brazil follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. The SNDi for both of these rose steadily.
How do development practices in Araçatuba fare in comparison to others in Brazil? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Araçatuba was the 224th-most disconnected out of the 348 cities in Brazil. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other cities in Brazil, street construction in Araçatuba has become more disconnected. Araçatuba ranked 336th in 1975, 214th in 1976-1990, 303rd in 1991-2000 and 224th in 2001-2014.
Araçatuba and São Paulo follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi for both of these rose steadily.
To date, Araçatuba is the 72nd-most disconnected out of the 74 cities in São Paulo. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in São Paulo, the street network in Araçatuba has become more connected. Araçatuba ranked 69th in 1975, 72nd in 1976-1990, 72nd in 1991-2000 and 72nd in 2001-2014.
Araçatuba and Brazil follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi for both of these rose steadily.
To date, Araçatuba is the 337th-most disconnected out of the 348 cities in Brazil. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Brazil, the street network in Araçatuba has become more connected. Araçatuba ranked 336th in 1975, 339th in 1976-1990, 337th in 1991-2000 and 337th in 2001-2014.
As of 2015, Araçatuba had a built-up area of 19.82 square kilometers, and a population of 173347 people.
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