Tanur 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 Tanur plotted against Kerala and India. The SNDi of new construction in Tanur was at its lowest in 1991-2005, 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, Tanur's incremental SNDi rose from 6.67 to 8.99 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tanur ranked 48th out of 48 cities in Kerala and 1823rd 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?

• Gola Gokarannath, India
• A Coruña, Spain
• Graz, Austria
• Vologda, Russia
• Arsi Negelle, Ethiopia
• Beledweyne, Somalia

While Gola Gokarannath and Vologda both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Tanur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Gola Gokarannath and Vologda both became progressively more disconnected, while Tanur became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards.