Mettur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mettur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mettur plotted against Tamil Nadu and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mettur peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Tamil Nadu which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mettur's incremental SNDi fell from 6.02 to 5.6 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mettur ranked 114th out of 121 cities in Tamil Nadu and 1639th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.6
- Rank in India
- 1251st of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 85th of 121
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.63
- Rank in India
- 1639th of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 114th of 121
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Mettur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Jungar built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Chincha Alta fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Jungar and Chincha Alta both became progressively more disconnected, while Mettur grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.