Vandavasi in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Vandavasi in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Vandavasi plotted against Tamil Nadu and India. The SNDi of new construction in Vandavasi rose steadily, compared to Tamil Nadu which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Vandavasi's incremental SNDi rose from 4.07 to 7.21 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Vandavasi ranked 36th out of 121 cities in Tamil Nadu and 688th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 7.21
- Rank in India
- 1585th of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 110th of 121
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.39
- Rank in India
- 688th of 1868
- Rank in Tamil Nadu
- 36th 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, Vandavasi and Medak both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Longxu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Vandavasi and Medak both became progressively more disconnected, while Longxu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Vandavasi and Longxu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.