Kadiyam in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kadiyam in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kadiyam plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kadiyam 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, Kadiyam's incremental SNDi rose from 3.68 to 4.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kadiyam ranked 66th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 888th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.77
- Rank in India
- 927th of 1868
- Rank in Andhra Pradesh
- 60th of 91
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.72
- Rank in India
- 888th of 1868
- Rank in Andhra Pradesh
- 66th of 91
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Russia
- Wokha, India
- Aiyetoro, Nigeria
- Point Pleasant, United States
- Andalyp, Turkmenistan
- Kopeysk, Russia
In new street additions, Kadiyam and Kamensk-Shakhtinsky both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Point Pleasant built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kadiyam and Kamensk-Shakhtinsky have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.