Anantapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Anantapur in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AnantapurAndhra Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Anantapur plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Anantapur's incremental SNDi rose from 2.9 to 4.16 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Anantapur ranked 40th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 595th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.16
Rank in India
654th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
46th of 91

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.23
Rank in India
595th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
40th of 91

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AnantapurHaifaMariupol

In new street additions, Anantapur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Haifa built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Mariupol built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Haifa and Mariupol both became progressively more disconnected, while Anantapur fluctuated in connectivity. Anantapur and Haifa have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.