Hindupur 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 Hindupur plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Hindupur 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, Hindupur's incremental SNDi rose from 4.23 to 4.55 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Hindupur ranked 72nd out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 983rd 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?

• Jhalokathi, Bangladesh
• Vaddu, India
• eMalahleni, South Africa
• Xiangxiang, China
• Pingchang County, China
• Florencia, Colombia

In new street additions, Hindupur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jhalokathi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Xiangxiang fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Hindupur became progressively more disconnected, while Jhalokathi became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Xiangxiang fluctuated in connectivity. Hindupur and Jhalokathi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.