Peddapalli in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Peddapalli in context

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PeddapalliTelangana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Peddapalli plotted against Telangana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Peddapalli peaked in 1991-2005, compared to Telangana which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Peddapalli's incremental SNDi fell from 2.98 to 2.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Peddapalli ranked 18th out of 47 cities in Telangana and 371st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.85
Rank in India
224th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
10th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.78
Rank in India
371st of 1868
Rank in Telangana
18th of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
PeddapalliAcayucanJahun

In new street additions, Peddapalli built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Acayucan built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Jahun fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Peddapalli and Acayucan have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.