Parangipettai in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Parangipettai in context

3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.544.55<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ParangipettaiTamil Nadu (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Parangipettai plotted against Tamil Nadu and India. While Tamil Nadu and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Parangipettai's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Parangipettai's incremental SNDi rose from 3.82 to 4.75 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Parangipettai ranked 94th out of 121 cities in Tamil Nadu and 1227th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.75
Rank in India
918th of 1868
Rank in Tamil Nadu
52nd of 121

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.31
Rank in India
1227th of 1868
Rank in Tamil Nadu
94th of 121

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ParangipettaiMeauxFiguil

In new street additions, Parangipettai fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Meaux built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Figuil built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Meaux and Figuil both became progressively more disconnected, while Parangipettai fluctuated in connectivity. Parangipettai and Figuil have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.