Kawardha in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kawardha in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kawardha plotted against Chhattisgarh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kawardha rose steadily, compared to Chhattisgarh which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Kawardha's incremental SNDi rose from 2.72 to 4.56 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kawardha ranked 3rd out of 29 cities in Chhattisgarh and 241st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 4.56
- Rank in India
- 831st of 1868
- Rank in Chhattisgarh
- 8th of 29
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.47
- Rank in India
- 241st of 1868
- Rank in Chhattisgarh
- 3rd of 29
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Vahdat, Tajikistan
- Iizuka, Japan
- Bhargama, India
- Yakima, United States
- Imam Sahib, Afghanistan
- Gadwal, India
In new street additions, Kawardha and Yakima both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Vahdat built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Kawardha and Yakima have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.