Vaddu in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Vaddu in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Vaddu plotted against Karnataka and India. The SNDi of new construction in Vaddu rose steadily, compared to Karnataka which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Vaddu's incremental SNDi rose from 3.83 to 4.28 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Vaddu ranked 83rd out of 96 cities in Karnataka and 935th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.28
- Rank in India
- 702nd of 1868
- Rank in Karnataka
- 55th of 96
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.79
- Rank in India
- 935th of 1868
- Rank in Karnataka
- 83rd of 96
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- eMalahleni, South Africa
- Borsad, India
- Heerlen, Netherlands
- Jhalokathi, Bangladesh
- Hindupur, India
- Xiangxiang, China
In new street additions, Vaddu and eMalahleni both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jhalokathi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Vaddu and eMalahleni both became progressively more disconnected, while Jhalokathi became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Vaddu and eMalahleni have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.