Wanaparthy in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Wanaparthy 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
WanaparthyTelangana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Wanaparthy plotted against Telangana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Wanaparthy rose steadily, compared to Telangana which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Wanaparthy's incremental SNDi rose from 2.62 to 3.5 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Wanaparthy ranked 20th out of 47 cities in Telangana and 378th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.5
Rank in India
398th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
24th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.79
Rank in India
378th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
20th of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
234567<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
WanaparthyChangqiO'Fallon

While Changqi and O’Fallon both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Wanaparthy built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Wanaparthy and O’Fallon both became progressively more disconnected, while Changqi grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Wanaparthy and Changqi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.