Emmiganuru 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 Emmiganuru plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Emmiganuru's incremental SNDi rose from 3.01 to 3.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Emmiganuru ranked 41st out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 598th 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?

• Kumbo, Cameroon
• Gursahaiganj, India
• Shahdol, India
• Rongxian, China
• Bairgania, India
• Haidarganj, India

In new street additions, Emmiganuru fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kumbo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Rongxian fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Emmiganuru and Kumbo both became progressively more disconnected, while Rongxian grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Emmiganuru and Kumbo have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.