Siddipet in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Siddipet in context

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SiddipetTelangana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Siddipet plotted against Telangana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Siddipet rose steadily, compared to Telangana which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Siddipet's incremental SNDi rose from 1.84 to 2.33 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Siddipet ranked 2nd out of 47 cities in Telangana and 100th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.33
Rank in India
143rd of 1868
Rank in Telangana
4th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.89
Rank in India
100th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
2nd of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.622.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SiddipetAflouArica

In new street additions, Siddipet built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Aflou built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Arica built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Siddipet became progressively more disconnected, while Aflou became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Arica became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Siddipet had a more connected network than Aflou in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.