Peddapuram in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Peddapuram 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
PeddapuramAndhra Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Peddapuram plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Peddapuram 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, Peddapuram's incremental SNDi rose from 2.5 to 3.23 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Peddapuram ranked 13th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 272nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.23
Rank in India
314th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
16th of 91

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.55
Rank in India
272nd of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
13th of 91

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PeddapuramBawalAlasehir

In new street additions, Peddapuram built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bawal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Alaşehir fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Peddapuram and Alaşehir both became progressively more disconnected, while Bawal became progressively more connected. Peddapuram and Bawal have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.