Chari Anantapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Chari Anantapur plotted against West Bengal and India. The SNDi of new construction in Chari Anantapur was at its lowest in 1976-1990, compared to West Bengal which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Chari Anantapur's incremental SNDi rose from 5.16 to 6.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chari Anantapur ranked 71st out of 140 cities in West Bengal and 1442nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Sassari, Italy
• Unguwar Findi, Nigeria
• Bayonne, France
• Dafang, China
• Camacupa, Angola
• Al Quwaysi, Sudan

In new street additions, Chari Anantapur built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Sassari built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Dafang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Looking at the full network, Sassari and Dafang both became progressively more disconnected, while Chari Anantapur became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Chari Anantapur and Sassari have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.