Thoothukudi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Thoothukudi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Thoothukudi plotted against Tamil Nadu and India. The SNDi of new construction in Thoothukudi rose steadily, compared to Tamil Nadu which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Thoothukudi's incremental SNDi rose from 3.95 to 4.22 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Thoothukudi ranked 14th out of 121 cities in Tamil Nadu and 329th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.22
- Rank in India
- 681st of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 31st of 121
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.68
- Rank in India
- 329th of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 14th of 121
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Viluppuram, India
- Kralpora, Jammu and Kashmir
- Hawassa, Ethiopia
- Khandwa, India
- Chuzhou, China
- Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Thoothukudi, Viluppuram, and Khandwa all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Thoothukudi and Khandwa have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.