Narwana in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Narwana in context

2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NarwanaHaryana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Narwana plotted against Haryana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Narwana rose steadily, compared to Haryana which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Narwana's incremental SNDi rose from 2.39 to 3.34 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Narwana ranked 1st out of 40 cities in Haryana and 188th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.34
Rank in India
343rd of 1868
Rank in Haryana
14th of 40

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.3
Rank in India
188th of 1868
Rank in Haryana
1st of 40

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

What about similarly populated cities?

1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.21.82.43<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NarwanaRio BravoSinfra

In new street additions, Narwana built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Río Bravo built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Sinfra fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Narwana and Río Bravo have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.