Zaheerabad in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Zaheerabad 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
ZaheerabadTelangana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Zaheerabad plotted against Telangana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Zaheerabad rose steadily, compared to Telangana which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Zaheerabad's incremental SNDi rose from 2.77 to 2.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Zaheerabad ranked 11th out of 47 cities in Telangana and 292nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.88
Rank in India
229th of 1868
Rank in Telangana
12th of 47

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.6
Rank in India
292nd of 1868
Rank in Telangana
11th of 47

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.622.42.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
ZaheerabadRelizaneViransehir

In new street additions, Zaheerabad and Relizane both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Viranşehir fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Zaheerabad and Relizane both became progressively more disconnected, while Viranşehir fluctuated in connectivity. Zaheerabad and Relizane have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.