Guntur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Guntur in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GunturAndhra Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Guntur plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Guntur 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, Guntur's incremental SNDi rose from 3.34 to 4.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Guntur ranked 34th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 511th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.31
Rank in India
714th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
49th of 91

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.08
Rank in India
511th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
34th of 91

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GunturFuyangChangshu

In new street additions, Guntur and Fuyang both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Changshu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Guntur and Fuyang have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.