Mahabubabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Mahabubabad 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
MahabubabadTelangana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mahabubabad plotted against Telangana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mahabubabad rose steadily, compared to Telangana which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Mahabubabad's incremental SNDi rose from 2.91 to 3.66 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mahabubabad ranked 27th out of 47 cities in Telangana and 492nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.66
Rank in India
457th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
27th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.04
Rank in India
492nd of 1868
Rank in Telangana
27th of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
MahabubabadHartlepoolHandley

While Hartlepool and Handley both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Mahabubabad built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Mahabubabad and Hartlepool have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.