Nandikotkur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nandikotkur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nandikotkur plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Nandikotkur 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, Nandikotkur's incremental SNDi rose from 2.08 to 2.72 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nandikotkur ranked 8th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 168th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 2.72
- Rank in India
- 199th of 1868
- Rank in Andhra Pradesh
- 6th of 91
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.25
- Rank in India
- 168th of 1868
- Rank in Andhra Pradesh
- 8th of 91
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Khoksha, Bangladesh
- Rashaida Al Hafayer, Sudan
- Gwaram, Nigeria
- Qingping, China
- Sathupally, India
- Neral, India
In new street additions, Nandikotkur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Khoksha fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Qingping fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Nandikotkur and Qingping both became progressively more disconnected, while Khoksha fluctuated in connectivity. Nandikotkur and Khoksha have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.