Nalgonda in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Nalgonda in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nalgonda plotted against Telangana and India. While Telangana and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Nalgonda's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Nalgonda's incremental SNDi rose from 2.62 to 3.15 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nalgonda ranked 13th out of 47 cities in Telangana and 307th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.15
- Rank in India
- 294th of 1868
- Rank in Telangana
- 17th of 47
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.65
- Rank in India
- 307th of 1868
- Rank in Telangana
- 13th of 47
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Yugan, China
- Sidhauli, India
- Havelian Cantonment, Pakistan
- Nan County, China
- Siguiri, Guinea
- Rzeszów, Poland
While Yugan and Nan County both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Nalgonda fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. Looking at the full network, Yugan and Nan County both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Nalgonda became progressively more disconnected. Nalgonda and Yugan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.