Nandigama in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nandigama in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nandigama plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Nandigama 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, Nandigama's incremental SNDi rose from 2.99 to 3.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nandigama ranked 21st out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 342nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.34
- Rank in India
- 344th of 1868
- Rank in Andhra Pradesh
- 20th of 91
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.71
- Rank in India
- 342nd of 1868
- Rank in Andhra Pradesh
- 21st of 91
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Nandigama built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Berasia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kẻ Sặt built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Nandigama became progressively more disconnected, while Berasia fluctuated in connectivity and Kẻ Sặt grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Nandigama and Berasia have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.