Dharmavaram 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 Dharmavaram plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Dharmavaram 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, Dharmavaram's incremental SNDi rose from 3.2 to 3.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dharmavaram ranked 52nd out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 695th 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?

• Bagaha, India
• Islampur, India
• Kalol, India
• Mohmadi, India
• Tanuku, India
• Shakiso, Ethiopia

While Bagaha and Mohmadi both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Dharmavaram built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Bagaha and Mohmadi both became progressively more disconnected, while Dharmavaram became progressively more connected. Dharmavaram and Bagaha have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.