Theni in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Theni in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Theni plotted against Tamil Nadu and India. The SNDi of new construction in Theni rose steadily, compared to Tamil Nadu which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Theni's incremental SNDi rose from 4.05 to 5.25 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Theni ranked 83rd out of 121 cities in Tamil Nadu and 1117th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.25
- Rank in India
- 1132nd of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 72nd of 121
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 4.09
- Rank in India
- 1117th of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 83rd of 121
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Khouribga, Morocco
- Paraná, Argentina
- Doumen, China
- Attock, Pakistan
- Najran, Saudi Arabia
- Waladgaon, India
In new street additions, Theni and Attock both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Khouribga fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Theni had a more sprawly network than Attock in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.