Atmakur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Atmakur plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Atmakur was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Andhra Pradesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Atmakur's incremental SNDi rose from 1.97 to 2.17 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Atmakur ranked 7th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 128th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Nanga Pinoh, Indonesia
• Valaichchenai, Sri Lanka
• الجبايش, Iraq
• Rafha, Saudi Arabia
• Lingchuan, China
• Luang Prabang, Laos

In new street additions, Atmakur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Nanga Pinoh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Rafha built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Atmakur became progressively more connected, while Nanga Pinoh fluctuated in connectivity and Rafha became progressively more disconnected. Atmakur and Nanga Pinoh have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.