Tadepallegudem in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tadepallegudem in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TadepallegudemAndhra Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tadepallegudem plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Tadepallegudem 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, Tadepallegudem's incremental SNDi rose from 3.03 to 3.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tadepallegudem ranked 18th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 324th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.51
Rank in India
402nd of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
27th of 91

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.67
Rank in India
324th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
18th of 91

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.83.23.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TadepallegudemGuelmaKhatauli

In new street additions, Tadepallegudem built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Guelma fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Khatauli fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Tadepallegudem and Guelma both became progressively more disconnected, while Khatauli fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Tadepallegudem had a more connected network than Guelma in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.