Narasapuram in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Narasapuram in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NarasapuramAndhra Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Narasapuram plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Narasapuram 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, Narasapuram's incremental SNDi rose from 3.29 to 4.9 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Narasapuram ranked 53rd out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 698th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.9
Rank in India
990th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
65th of 91

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.4
Rank in India
698th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
53rd of 91

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NarasapuramKoudougouLivingstone

In new street additions, Narasapuram built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Koudougou fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Livingstone built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Narasapuram and Koudougou both became progressively more disconnected, while Livingstone grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Narasapuram and Koudougou have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.