Palasa-Kasibugga in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Palasa-Kasibugga plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Palasa-Kasibugga 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, Palasa-Kasibugga's incremental SNDi rose from 6.32 to 6.98 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Palasa-Kasibugga ranked 90th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 1549th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea
• Fatehpur, India
• Fasa, Iran
• Hradec Králové, Czechia
• Mit Badr Halawa, Egypt
• Al ‘Abbāsiyya, Sudan

In new street additions, Palasa-Kasibugga and Hradec Králové both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kundiawa built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Palasa-Kasibugga and Hradec Králové both became progressively more disconnected, while Kundiawa fluctuated in connectivity. Palasa-Kasibugga and Kundiawa have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.