Bapatla 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 Bapatla plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Bapatla's incremental SNDi rose from 4.14 to 6.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bapatla ranked 80th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 1180th 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?

• Xianjiang, China
• Majalgaon, India
• Prizren, Kosovo
• Blouberg Rise, South Africa
• Iganga, Uganda
• Cádiz, Spain

In new street additions, Bapatla fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Xianjiang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Blouberg Rise built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Bapatla fluctuated in connectivity, while Xianjiang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Blouberg Rise grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Bapatla had a more sprawly network than Blouberg Rise in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.