Ukkunagaram Township in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ukkunagaram Township in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ukkunagaram TownshipAndhra Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ukkunagaram Township plotted against Andhra Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Ukkunagaram Township was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Ukkunagaram Township's incremental SNDi rose from 1.95 to 2.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ukkunagaram Township ranked 5th out of 91 cities in Andhra Pradesh and 118th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.03
Rank in India
116th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
2nd of 91

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.06
Rank in India
118th of 1868
Rank in Andhra Pradesh
5th of 91

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

What about similarly populated cities?

05101520<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
05101520<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ukkunagaram TownshipNao DehAksaray

In new street additions, Ukkunagaram Township built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Nao Deh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Aksaray built increasingly connected streets over time. For the full network, Ukkunagaram Township and Aksaray both became progressively more connected, while Nao Deh grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved.