Kadayanallur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kadayanallur in context

246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
246810<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KadayanallurTamil Nadu (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kadayanallur plotted against Tamil Nadu and India. While Tamil Nadu and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Kadayanallur's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kadayanallur's incremental SNDi rose from 1.3 to 9.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kadayanallur ranked 9th out of 121 cities in Tamil Nadu and 268th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
9.21
Rank in India
1720th of 1868
Rank in Tamil Nadu
119th of 121

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.54
Rank in India
268th of 1868
Rank in Tamil Nadu
9th of 121

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KadayanallurEgosiUmm Kaddada

In new street additions, Kadayanallur and Umm Kaddada both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Egosi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kadayanallur and Umm Kaddada both fluctuated in connectivity, while Egosi became progressively more disconnected. Kadayanallur and Egosi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.