Mandi Dabwali 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 Mandi Dabwali plotted against Haryana and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Mandi Dabwali's incremental SNDi rose from 3.83 to 4.84 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mandi Dabwali ranked 25th out of 40 cities in Haryana and 786th 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?

• Đông Hà, Vietnam
• Kidapawan, Philippines
• Sapiranga, Brazil
• Allayi, Iraq
• Pindi Gheb, Pakistan
• Las Mercedes, Venezuela

In new street additions, Mandi Dabwali fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Đông Hà built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Allayi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Mandi Dabwali became progressively more disconnected, while Đông Hà grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Allayi became progressively more connected. Mandi Dabwali and Allayi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.