Pithapuram 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 Pithapuram plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Pithapuram was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Pithapuram's incremental SNDi rose from 3.76 to 4.89 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Pithapuram ranked 77th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 1118th 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?

• Jogīkuti, Nepal
• Gende Woin, Ethiopia
• Al-Qa'im, Iraq
• Lwebo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Jinxi, China
• Trelew, Argentina

While Jogīkuti and Lwebo both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Pithapuram built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Pithapuram and Lwebo both became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Jogīkuti became progressively more disconnected. Pithapuram and Jogīkuti have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.