Gudivada 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 Gudivada plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Gudivada 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, Gudivada's incremental SNDi rose from 3.72 to 5.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gudivada ranked 43rd out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 601st 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?

• Dayton, United States
• Araguaína, Brazil
• Tampere, Finland
• Madaba, Jordan
• Birjand, Iran
• Ibarra, Ecuador

While Dayton and Madaba both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Gudivada built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Gudivada and Dayton have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.