Dongargarh 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 Dongargarh plotted against Chhattisgarh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Dongargarh rose steadily, compared to Chhattisgarh which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Dongargarh's incremental SNDi rose from 4.75 to 5.97 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dongargarh ranked 23rd out of 29 cities in Chhattisgarh and 1310th 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?

• Dogonbadan, Iran
• Khewra, Pakistan
• San Andrés Tuxtla, México
• Upington, South Africa
• Agaie, Nigeria
• Pangkalan, Malaysia

In new street additions, Dongargarh built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Dogonbadan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Upington fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Dongargarh became progressively more disconnected, while Dogonbadan became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Upington grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Dongargarh and Dogonbadan have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.