Srivilliputtur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Srivilliputtur in context

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SrivilliputturTamil Nadu (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Srivilliputtur plotted against Tamil Nadu and India. The SNDi of new construction in Srivilliputtur rose steadily, compared to Tamil Nadu which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Srivilliputtur's incremental SNDi rose from 6.59 to 7.36 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Srivilliputtur ranked 95th out of 121 cities in Tamil Nadu and 1234th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.36
Rank in India
1607th of 1868
Rank in Tamil Nadu
112th of 121

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.32
Rank in India
1234th of 1868
Rank in Tamil Nadu
95th of 121

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

What about similarly populated cities?

34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
34567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SrivilliputturAsamankeseMuse

In new street additions, Srivilliputtur and Asamankese both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Muse built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Srivilliputtur had a more connected network than Muse in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.