Gadwal in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gadwal in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GadwalTelangana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gadwal plotted against Telangana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Gadwal was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Telangana which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Gadwal's incremental SNDi rose from 2.48 to 3.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gadwal ranked 15th out of 47 cities in Telangana and 344th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.12
Rank in India
284th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
16th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.72
Rank in India
344th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
15th of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GadwalImam SahibTatui

While Imam Sahib and Tatuí both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Gadwal built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Imam Sahib and Tatuí both became progressively more disconnected, while Gadwal became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Gadwal and Imam Sahib have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.