Samarlakota in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Samarlakota in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Samarlakota plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Samarlakota's incremental SNDi rose from 2.94 to 4.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Samarlakota ranked 30th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 452nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.14
- Rank in India
- 647th of 1868
- Rank in Andhra Pradesh
- 45th of 91
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.95
- Rank in India
- 452nd of 1868
- Rank in Andhra Pradesh
- 30th of 91
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Nawabganj, India
- Tirukkovilur, India
- Zipaquirá, Colombia
- Erie, United States
- Teresópolis, Brazil
- Zwolle, Netherlands
In new street additions, Samarlakota fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Nawabganj fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Erie built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Samarlakota and Erie both became progressively more disconnected, while Nawabganj fluctuated in connectivity. Samarlakota and Nawabganj have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.