Miryalaguda in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Miryalaguda plotted against Telangana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Miryalaguda was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to Telangana which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Miryalaguda's incremental SNDi rose from 2.99 to 3.26 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Miryalaguda ranked 22nd out of 47 cities in Telangana and 438th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Anfu, China
• Funan, China
• Tessaoua, Niger
• Renukoot, India
• Wenlan, China
• Phan Rang – Tháp Chàm, Vietnam

In new street additions, Miryalaguda built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Anfu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Renukoot built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Miryalaguda became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Anfu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Renukoot became progressively more disconnected. Miryalaguda and Anfu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.