Kayalpattinam in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kayalpattinam in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kayalpattinam plotted against Tamil Nadu and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kayalpattinam rose steadily, compared to Tamil Nadu which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kayalpattinam's incremental SNDi rose from 6.1 to 7.31 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kayalpattinam ranked 85th out of 121 cities in Tamil Nadu and 1128th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.31
- Rank in India
- 1602nd of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 111th of 121
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.11
- Rank in India
- 1128th of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 85th of 121
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Bút Sơn, Vietnam
- Al Ruways Industrial city, United Arab Emirates
- Bantengan, Indonesia
- Larnaca, Cyprus
- Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
- Iida, Japan
Kayalpattinam, Bút Sơn, and Larnaca all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Notably, Kayalpattinam had a more connected network than Bút Sơn in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.