Tadipatri 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 Tadipatri plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Tadipatri 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, Tadipatri's incremental SNDi rose from 3.78 to 4.71 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tadipatri ranked 22nd out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 343rd 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?

• Myawaddy, Myanmar
• Sahagún, Colombia
• Pachora, India
• Reading, United States
• Tergachi, Uzbekistan
• Shahdadpur, Pakistan

In new street additions, Tadipatri and Reading both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Myawaddy built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Tadipatri and Reading both became progressively more disconnected, while Myawaddy grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Notably, Tadipatri had a more connected network than Reading in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.