Dachepalli in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Dachepalli 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
DachepalliAndhra Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Dachepalli plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Dachepalli rose steadily, 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, Dachepalli's incremental SNDi rose from 3.38 to 3.74 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dachepalli ranked 39th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 563rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.74
Rank in India
491st of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
31st of 91

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.17
Rank in India
563rd of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
39th of 91

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DachepalliSerai NaurangSongyang County

In new street additions, Dachepalli built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Serai Naurang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Songyang County built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Dachepalli and Songyang County both became progressively more disconnected, while Serai Naurang fluctuated in connectivity. Dachepalli and Serai Naurang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.