Tilda Neora 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 Tilda Neora plotted against Chhattisgarh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Tilda Neora 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, Tilda Neora's incremental SNDi rose from 1.75 to 4.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Tilda Neora ranked 10th out of 29 cities in Chhattisgarh and 622nd 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?

• El Puerto de Santa María, Spain
• Masi Manimba, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Bairin Right Banner, China
• Goa, Philippines
• Alvand, Iran
• Zrenjanin, Serbia

In new street additions, Tilda Neora built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while El Puerto de Santa María built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Goa built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Tilda Neora became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while El Puerto de Santa María grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Goa became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Tilda Neora and El Puerto de Santa María have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.