Thanam 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 Thanam plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Thanam's incremental SNDi rose from 3.24 to 4.09 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Thanam ranked 74th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 1051st 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?

• Masbate City, Philippines
• Shajapur, India
• Hamm, Germany
• Bandabad, Afghanistan
• Siddhpur, India
• Kovel, Ukraine

In new street additions, Thanam fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Masbate City built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bandabad fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Thanam fluctuated in connectivity, while Masbate City grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Bandabad became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Thanam had a more connected network than Bandabad in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.