Giingee 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 Giingee plotted against Tamil Nadu and India. The SNDi of new construction in Giingee was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Tamil Nadu which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Giingee's incremental SNDi rose from 3.15 to 4.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Giingee ranked 18th out of 121 cities in Tamil Nadu and 442nd 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?

• Aranghata, India
• Bratsk, Russia
• Ghurian, Afghanistan
• Cầu Giát, Vietnam
• Lalkuan, India
• Longqiao, China

In new street additions, Giingee built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Aranghata fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Cầu Giát fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Giingee became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Aranghata became progressively more disconnected and Cầu Giát fluctuated in connectivity.