Kothamangalam 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 Kothamangalam plotted against Kerala and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kothamangalam was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Kerala which was at its lowest in 1976-1990 and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kothamangalam's incremental SNDi rose from 3.95 to 5.8 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kothamangalam ranked 18th out of 48 cities in Kerala and 1389th 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?

• Tarapoto, Peru
• Ryongchon, North Korea
• Fengxian, China
• Huize, China
• ad-Damer, Sudan
• Hohoe, Ghana

In new street additions, Kothamangalam built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Tarapoto fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Huize built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Kothamangalam became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Tarapoto became progressively more disconnected and Huize grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Kothamangalam and Huize have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.