Narayanpet in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Narayanpet in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NarayanpetTelangana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Narayanpet plotted against Telangana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Narayanpet peaked in 1976-1990, compared to Telangana which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Narayanpet's incremental SNDi fell from 3.22 to 2.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Narayanpet ranked 35th out of 47 cities in Telangana and 567th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.5
Rank in India
164th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
5th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.18
Rank in India
567th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
35th of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NarayanpetTallahasseeWolfsburg

While Tallahassee and Wolfsburg both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Narayanpet built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved in new street additions. For the full network, Narayanpet grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Tallahassee became progressively more disconnected and Wolfsburg grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Narayanpet and Wolfsburg have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.