Rank in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rank in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RankChhattisgarh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rank plotted against Chhattisgarh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Rank was at its lowest in 1991-2005, compared to Chhattisgarh which rose steadily and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Rank's incremental SNDi rose from 2.94 to 4.45 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rank ranked 18th out of 29 cities in Chhattisgarh and 996th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.45
Rank in India
784th of 1868
Rank in Chhattisgarh
7th of 29

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.88
Rank in India
996th of 1868
Rank in Chhattisgarh
18th of 29

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

What about similarly populated cities?

369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
369<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RankAl MifarragiyaTartu

In new street additions, Rank built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Al Mifarragiya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tartu built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Rank became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Al Mifarragiya fluctuated in connectivity and Tartu became progressively more disconnected.