Botucatu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Botucatu in context

1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.62.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BotucatuSao Paulo (Region)Brazil (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Botucatu plotted against São Paulo and Brazil. The SNDi of new construction in Botucatu rose steadily, compared to São Paulo which rose steadily and Brazil which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Botucatu's incremental SNDi rose from 2.09 to 2.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Botucatu ranked 21st out of 76 cities in São Paulo and 90th out of 365 in Brazil as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.45
Rank in Brazil
99th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
19th of 76

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.82
Rank in Brazil
90th of 365
Rank in São Paulo
21st of 76

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.522.53<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BotucatuDakhlaHunyuan

In new street additions, Botucatu built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dakhla built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Hunyuan fluctuated in street-construction patterns. For the full network, Botucatu became progressively more disconnected, while Dakhla grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Hunyuan became progressively more connected. Botucatu and Dakhla have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.