Sankarankovil in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sankarankovil in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sankarankovil plotted against Tamil Nadu and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sankarankovil rose steadily, compared to Tamil Nadu which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sankarankovil's incremental SNDi rose from 4.19 to 4.83 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sankarankovil ranked 13th out of 121 cities in Tamil Nadu and 317th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.83
- Rank in India
- 959th of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 55th of 121
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.66
- Rank in India
- 317th of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 13th 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, Sankarankovil and Ubiaja both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Baalbek built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.