Medak in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Medak in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Medak plotted against Telangana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Medak rose steadily, compared to Telangana which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Medak's incremental SNDi rose from 3.76 to 4.4 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Medak ranked 45th out of 47 cities in Telangana and 879th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.4
- Rank in India
- 760th of 1868
- Rank in Telangana
- 43rd of 47
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.71
- Rank in India
- 879th of 1868
- Rank in Telangana
- 45th of 47
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
Medak, Vandavasi, and Kiambu all built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street construction. The same pattern holds for the full street network. Medak and Vandavasi have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.