Francisco Morato: 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 Francisco Morato as of 2014, the overall level of street-network sprawl is 5.0, which is highly disconnected.
Trends in street network construction: The SNDis of street construction for the respective time periods are 4.29, 5.46, 9.94 and 6.51. Street construction in Francisco Morato increased in disconnectivity initially but has since improved. The streets constructed in 1991-2000 were the most disconnected.
Quantity of street network construction: The street network in Francisco Morato spans a total of 784 kilometers. It is dominated by roads constructed in 1976-1990. These roads have an SNDi of 5.46, which is highly disconnected.
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 4.29, 4.96, 4.99 and 5.0. Overall, the SNDi of the aggregate street network has risen: the street network in Francisco Morato has become more disconnected. This increase has slowed: between 1975 and 1976-1990, SNDi rose by 0.67 points, but between 1991-2000 and 2001-2014, it rose by just 0.02.
Francisco Morato and São Paulo do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. The SNDi in Francisco Morato peaked in 1991-2000, while the SNDi of street constructions in São Paulo rose steadily.
How do development practices in Francisco Morato fare in comparison to others in São Paulo? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Francisco Morato was the 6th-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, street construction in Francisco Morato has become more connected. Francisco Morato ranked 1st in 1975, 4th in 1976-1990, 3rd in 1991-2000 and 6th in 2001-2014.
Francisco Morato and Brazil do not follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their street network constructions. The SNDi in Francisco Morato peaked in 1991-2000, while the SNDi of street constructions in Brazil rose steadily.
How do development practices in Francisco Morato fare in comparison to others in Brazil? Most recently in 2001-2014, street construction in Francisco Morato was the 27th-most disconnected out of the 348 cities in Brazil. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has fallen; relative to other cities in Brazil, street construction in Francisco Morato has become more connected. Francisco Morato ranked 10th in 1975, 13th in 1976-1990, 5th in 1991-2000 and 27th in 2001-2014.
Francisco Morato 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, Francisco Morato is the 1st-most disconnected out of the 74 cities in São Paulo. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has not changed. Francisco Morato ranked 1st in 1975, 1st in 1976-1990, 1st in 1991-2000 and 1st in 2001-2014.
Francisco Morato and Brazil follow the same trend in the disconnectivity of their aggregate street networks. The SNDi for both of these rose steadily.
To date, Francisco Morato is the 6th-most disconnected out of the 348 cities in Brazil. Its position in the ranks since 1975 has risen; relative to other cities in Brazil, the street network in Francisco Morato has become more disconnected. Francisco Morato ranked 10th in 1975, 7th in 1976-1990, 7th in 1991-2000 and 6th in 2001-2014.
As of 2015, Francisco Morato had a built-up area of 31.71 square kilometers, and a population of 352540 people.
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