Nuzvid in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nuzvid in context

33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.544.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NuzvidAndhra Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nuzvid plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Nuzvid 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, Nuzvid's incremental SNDi rose from 3.69 to 4.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nuzvid ranked 62nd out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 855th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.59
Rank in India
843rd of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
55th of 91

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.65
Rank in India
855th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
62nd of 91

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NuzvidLuzianiaKalisz

In new street additions, Nuzvid built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Luziânia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Kalisz built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.