Ravulapalem in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ravulapalem in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RavulapalemAndhra Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ravulapalem plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Ravulapalem 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, Ravulapalem's incremental SNDi rose from 4.54 to 7.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ravulapalem ranked 83rd out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 1286th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.75
Rank in India
1646th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
87th of 91

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.43
Rank in India
1286th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
83rd of 91

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RavulapalemQuang PhuTula

Ravulapalem, Quảng Phú, and Tula all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Ravulapalem had a more connected network than Tula in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.