Adilabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Adilabad in context

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AdilabadTelangana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Adilabad plotted against Telangana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Adilabad rose steadily, compared to Telangana which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Adilabad's incremental SNDi rose from 2.22 to 2.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Adilabad ranked 3rd out of 47 cities in Telangana and 111th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.61
Rank in India
187th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
8th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.99
Rank in India
111th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
3rd of 47

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
11.522.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
AdilabadAit MelloulWau

In new street additions, Adilabad and Wau both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Aït Melloul built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.