Madurai in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Madurai in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Madurai plotted against Tamil Nadu and India. The SNDi of new construction in Madurai rose steadily, compared to Tamil Nadu which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Madurai's incremental SNDi rose from 4.4 to 4.96 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Madurai ranked 54th out of 121 cities in Tamil Nadu and 911th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.96
- Rank in India
- 1022nd of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 65th of 121
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.76
- Rank in India
- 911th of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 54th of 121
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
While Tangshan and Luxor both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Madurai built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Tangshan and Luxor both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Madurai became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Madurai had a more connected network than Tangshan in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.