Tirumangalam in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Tirumangalam in context

33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
33.64.24.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
TirumangalamTamil Nadu (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Tirumangalam plotted against Tamil Nadu and India. The SNDi of new construction in Tirumangalam peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Tamil Nadu which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Tirumangalam's incremental SNDi fell from 4.75 to 4.32 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tirumangalam ranked 66th out of 121 cities in Tamil Nadu and 980th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.32
Rank in India
716th of 1868
Rank in Tamil Nadu
37th of 121

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.86
Rank in India
980th of 1868
Rank in Tamil Nadu
66th 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
TirumangalamLanxiValle de Santiago

In new street additions, Tirumangalam built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Lanxi built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Valle de Santiago fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Tirumangalam and Valle de Santiago both became progressively more disconnected, while Lanxi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved.