Kottarakkara in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kottarakkara in context

44.85.66.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
44.85.66.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KottarakkaraKerala (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kottarakkara plotted against Kerala and India. While Kerala and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Kottarakkara's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kottarakkara's incremental SNDi rose from 3.68 to 4.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kottarakkara ranked 2nd out of 48 cities in Kerala and 919th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.85
Rank in India
965th of 1868
Rank in Kerala
5th of 48

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.76
Rank in India
919th of 1868
Rank in Kerala
2nd of 48

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KottarakkaraKom HamadaSolwezi

While Kom Hamada and Solwezi both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Kottarakkara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.