Kamareddy in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Kamareddy in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KamareddyTelangana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kamareddy plotted against Telangana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kamareddy rose steadily, compared to Telangana which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kamareddy's incremental SNDi rose from 2.42 to 2.87 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kamareddy ranked 10th out of 47 cities in Telangana and 263rd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.87
Rank in India
227th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
11th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.52
Rank in India
263rd of 1868
Rank in Telangana
10th of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
KamareddySangatta UtaraHanden

In new street additions, Kamareddy built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Sangatta Utara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Handen built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kamareddy and Handen both became progressively more disconnected, while Sangatta Utara fluctuated in connectivity. Kamareddy and Handen have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.