Palwal 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 Palwal plotted against Haryana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Palwal 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, Palwal's incremental SNDi rose from 4.31 to 4.51 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Palwal ranked 31st out of 40 cities in Haryana and 1134th 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?

• Jiaocheng, China
• La Paz, México
• Impfondo, Republic of the Congo
• Mokpo-si, South Korea
• Gulou, China
• Haeju, North Korea

While Jiaocheng and Mokpo-si both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Palwal built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Palwal and Mokpo-si both became progressively more disconnected, while Jiaocheng fluctuated in connectivity. Palwal and Jiaocheng have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.