Srikakulam 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 Srikakulam plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Srikakulam 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, Srikakulam's incremental SNDi rose from 4.48 to 5.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Srikakulam ranked 82nd out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 1263rd 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?

• Linying, China
• Habiganj, Bangladesh
• Taliparamba, India
• El Senbellawein, Egypt
• Juxian, China
• Mavelikkara, India

In new street additions, Srikakulam and El Senbellawein both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Linying fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Srikakulam and El Senbellawein both became progressively more disconnected, while Linying fluctuated in connectivity. Srikakulam and Linying have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.