Tanuku in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tanuku in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TanukuAndhra Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tanuku plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Tanuku 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, Tanuku's incremental SNDi rose from 3.84 to 4.58 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tanuku ranked 61st out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 841st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.58
Rank in India
841st of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
54th of 91

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.63
Rank in India
841st of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
61st of 91

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

What about similarly populated cities?

123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
123456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TanukuMohmadiShakiso

In new street additions, Tanuku and Shakiso both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Mohmadi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Tanuku and Shakiso have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.