Ongole in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ongole in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OngoleAndhra Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ongole plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Ongole 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, Ongole's incremental SNDi rose from 3.45 to 3.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ongole ranked 37th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 555th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.8
Rank in India
519th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
36th of 91

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.16
Rank in India
555th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
37th of 91

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

What about similarly populated cities?

22.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
22.533.54<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
OngoleNingguoHoshiarpur

While Ningguo and Hoshiarpur both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Ongole built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ongole and Ningguo have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.