Rajam in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Rajam in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rajam plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Rajam 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, Rajam's incremental SNDi rose from 4.4 to 4.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rajam ranked 75th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 1077th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.5
- Rank in India
- 803rd of 1868
- Rank in Andhra Pradesh
- 51st of 91
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.0
- Rank in India
- 1077th of 1868
- Rank in Andhra Pradesh
- 75th of 91
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Upleta, India
- Zhaozhou, China
- Meilong, China
- Dunwoody, United States
- 웅상, South Korea
- Ambarawa, Indonesia
In new street additions, Rajam and Upleta both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dunwoody fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Rajam and Upleta have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.