Kadiri 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 Kadiri plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Kadiri's incremental SNDi rose from 3.21 to 3.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kadiri ranked 54th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 703rd 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?

• Anyuan, China
• Huojia, China
• Erechim, Brazil
• Adrar, Algeria
• Shahbazpur, Bangladesh
• Kinwat, India

In new street additions, Kadiri fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Anyuan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Adrar built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Kadiri became progressively more disconnected, while Anyuan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Adrar grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Kadiri and Anyuan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.