Narsampet in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Narsampet 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
NarsampetTelangana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Narsampet plotted against Telangana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Narsampet 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, Narsampet's incremental SNDi rose from 2.36 to 3.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Narsampet ranked 12th out of 47 cities in Telangana and 300th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.38
Rank in India
364th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
21st of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.62
Rank in India
300th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
12th of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.42.83.2<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NarsampetWuyuanRongcheng

In new street additions, Narsampet built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Wuyuan fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Rongcheng built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Narsampet became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Wuyuan fluctuated in connectivity and Rongcheng became progressively more disconnected. Narsampet and Wuyuan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.