Shoranur 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 Shoranur plotted against Kerala and India. The SNDi of new construction in Shoranur followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Shoranur's incremental SNDi fell from 6.71 to 5.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shoranur ranked 39th out of 48 cities in Kerala and 1690th 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?

• Rongshui, China
• Melur, India
• Titabor, India
• Nayagarh, India
• Ludian, China
• Muhanga, Rwanda

While Rongshui and Nayagarh both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Shoranur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full network, Shoranur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Rongshui became progressively more disconnected and Nayagarh fluctuated in connectivity. Shoranur and Nayagarh have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.