Cuddalore in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Cuddalore in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Cuddalore plotted against Tamil Nadu and India. While Tamil Nadu and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Cuddalore's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Cuddalore's incremental SNDi rose from 3.85 to 4.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Cuddalore ranked 81st out of 121 cities in Tamil Nadu and 1096th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.62
- Rank in India
- 856th of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 48th of 121
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.04
- Rank in India
- 1096th of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 81st of 121
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Blitar, Indonesia
- Masetjhaba View, South Africa
- Hanzhong, China
- Shanwei, China
- Juba, South Sudan
- Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
In new street additions, Cuddalore and Shanwei both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Blitar built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Cuddalore and Shanwei both fluctuated in connectivity, while Blitar became progressively more disconnected. Cuddalore and Blitar have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.