Manendragarh 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 Manendragarh plotted against Chhattisgarh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Manendragarh followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, compared to Chhattisgarh which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Manendragarh's incremental SNDi fell from 6.45 to 1.64 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Manendragarh ranked 27th out of 29 cities in Chhattisgarh and 1718th 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?

• Lipu, China
• Yeji District, China
• Tarkwa, Ghana
• Umeå, Sweden
• Taian, China
• Tecate, México

In new street additions, Manendragarh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Lipu built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Umeå fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Manendragarh fluctuated in connectivity, while Lipu grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Umeå became progressively more disconnected.