Barretos in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Barretos in context

0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0.91.82.73.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BarretosSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barretos plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. While São Paulo and Brazil both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Barretos's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Barretos's incremental SNDi rose from 1.31 to 2.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barretos ranked 2nd out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 9th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.41
Rank in Brazil
94th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
16th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.33
Rank in Brazil
9th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
2nd of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BarretosSan AntonioGolbahar

In new street additions, San Antonio and Golbahar both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Barretos fluctuated in street-construction patterns. For the full network, Barretos and San Antonio both became progressively more disconnected, while Golbahar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.