Sithana in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Sithana in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sithana plotted against Haryana and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sithana followed a zig-zag trend, 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, Sithana's incremental SNDi fell from 5.4 to 3.78 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sithana ranked 37th out of 40 cities in Haryana and 1546th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.78
- Rank in India
- 510th of 1868
- Rank in Haryana
- 21st of 40
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.16
- Rank in India
- 1546th of 1868
- Rank in Haryana
- 37th of 40
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Tiznit, Morocco
- Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Rupnagar, India
- Liquan, China
- Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Shwegyin, Myanmar
In new street additions, Sithana fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tiznit fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Liquan built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Sithana fluctuated in connectivity, while Tiznit fluctuated in connectivity and Liquan became progressively more disconnected.