Tirumangalam in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Tirumangalam in context
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?
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.