Safidon in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Safidon 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
SafidonHaryana (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Safidon plotted against Haryana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Safidon peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Safidon's incremental SNDi fell from 3.72 to 3.43 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Safidon ranked 21st out of 40 cities in Haryana and 686th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.43
Rank in India
378th of 1868
Rank in Haryana
16th of 40

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.38
Rank in India
686th of 1868
Rank in Haryana
21st of 40

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

What about similarly populated cities?

12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
12345<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SafidonMargramAl `Aziziyah

In new street additions, Safidon built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Margram fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Al `Aziziyah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Safidon became progressively more disconnected, while Margram fluctuated in connectivity and Al `Aziziyah fluctuated in connectivity. Safidon and Margram have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.