Muvattupuzha 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 Muvattupuzha plotted against Kerala and India. The SNDi of new construction in Muvattupuzha 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, Muvattupuzha's incremental SNDi rose from 4.66 to 5.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Muvattupuzha ranked 15th out of 48 cities in Kerala and 1338th 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?

• Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain
• Panabo, Philippines
• Forbesganj, India
• Mokolo, Cameroon
• Jinchengjiang, China
• Trishal, Bangladesh

In new street additions, Muvattupuzha built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Sant Boi de Llobregat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Mokolo built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Sant Boi de Llobregat and Mokolo both became progressively more disconnected, while Muvattupuzha became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Muvattupuzha and Sant Boi de Llobregat have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.