Sangareddy in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sangareddy 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
SangareddyTelangana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sangareddy plotted against Telangana and India. While Telangana and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Sangareddy's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Sangareddy's incremental SNDi rose from 2.79 to 3.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sangareddy ranked 32nd out of 47 cities in Telangana and 513th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.61
Rank in India
433rd of 1868
Rank in Telangana
26th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.09
Rank in India
513th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
32nd of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.433.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SangareddyJishuiElbistan

In new street additions, Sangareddy and Elbistan both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Jishui built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Sangareddy and Elbistan both became progressively more disconnected, while Jishui grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Sangareddy had a more sprawly network than Jishui in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.