Gudalur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Gudalur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gudalur plotted against Tamil Nadu and India. The SNDi of new construction in Gudalur rose steadily, compared to Tamil Nadu which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Gudalur's incremental SNDi rose from 8.24 to 9.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gudalur ranked 121st out of 121 cities in Tamil Nadu and 1821st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 9.49
- Rank in India
- 1729th of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 120th of 121
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 8.42
- Rank in India
- 1821st of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 121st of 121
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Luanshya, Zambia
- Marigaon, India
- Lohardaga, India
- South Bend, United States
- Pasirukem, Indonesia
- Tanduru, India
Gudalur, Luanshya, and South Bend all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Gudalur and Luanshya have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.