Rajampet in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rajampet in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RajampetAndhra Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rajampet plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Rajampet's incremental SNDi rose from 1.33 to 2.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rajampet ranked 3rd out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 50th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.85
Rank in India
223rd of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
7th of 91

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.5
Rank in India
50th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
3rd 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
RajampetSigAgboville

In new street additions, Rajampet fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sig built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Agboville built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Sig and Agboville both became progressively more disconnected, while Rajampet fluctuated in connectivity. Rajampet and Sig have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.