Mandapeta 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 Mandapeta plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Mandapeta's incremental SNDi rose from 10.3 to 12.08 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mandapeta ranked 91st out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 1848th 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?

• Bajar Keraia, India
• Fassala, Mauritania
• Alfenas, Brazil
• Kharan, Pakistan
• Qubodiyon, Tajikistan
• Ar Rubu`, Yemen

In new street additions, Mandapeta and Kharan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Bajar Keraia built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Mandapeta became progressively more disconnected, while Bajar Keraia became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Kharan grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Mandapeta and Bajar Keraia have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.