Kothapeta 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 Kothapeta plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kothapeta was at its lowest 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, Kothapeta's incremental SNDi rose from 4.76 to 6.93 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kothapeta ranked 86th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 1314th 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?

• Haozhuang, China
• Bebedjia, Chad
• Leszno, Poland
• Itapira, Brazil
• Hīt, Iraq
• Ciudad Real, Spain

While Haozhuang and Itapira both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Kothapeta built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Haozhuang and Itapira both became progressively more disconnected, while Kothapeta became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards.