Jaggayyapeta in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Jaggayyapeta in context

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
JaggayyapetaAndhra Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Jaggayyapeta plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Jaggayyapeta peaked in 1976-1990, 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, Jaggayyapeta's incremental SNDi fell from 4.13 to 3.48 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Jaggayyapeta ranked 57th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 776th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.48
Rank in India
394th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
26th of 91

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.52
Rank in India
776th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
57th of 91

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

What about similarly populated cities?

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
JaggayyapetaRuyang CountyKabalo

In new street additions, Jaggayyapeta and Ruyang County both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Kabalo built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Jaggayyapeta became progressively more disconnected, while Ruyang County grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Kabalo became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Jaggayyapeta had a more connected network than Kabalo in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.