Kalitheerthalkuppam 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 Kalitheerthalkuppam plotted against Tamil Nadu and India. While Tamil Nadu and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Kalitheerthalkuppam's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kalitheerthalkuppam's incremental SNDi rose from 4.98 to 6.07 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kalitheerthalkuppam ranked 112th out of 121 cities in Tamil Nadu and 1617th 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?

• Valença, Brazil
• Ashaka, Nigeria
• بلد, Iraq
• Itapetinga, Brazil
• Qipanjing, China
• Jieshi, China

In new street additions, Kalitheerthalkuppam and Valença both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Itapetinga built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Kalitheerthalkuppam and Valença both fluctuated in connectivity, while Itapetinga became progressively more disconnected.