Nalagarh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Nalagarh in context

468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NalagarhHimachal Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Nalagarh plotted against Himachal Pradesh and India. While Himachal Pradesh and India both followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, Nalagarh's new street additions followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Nalagarh's incremental SNDi rose from 3.2 to 5.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nalagarh ranked 1st out of 6 cities in Himachal Pradesh and 718th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.39
Rank in India
1177th of 1868
Rank in Himachal Pradesh
1st of 6

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.43
Rank in India
718th of 1868
Rank in Himachal Pradesh
1st of 6

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

What about similarly populated cities?

345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
345678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
NalagarhNyangeziSan Luis

In new street additions, Nalagarh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Nyangezi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and San Luis built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Nalagarh fluctuated in connectivity, while Nyangezi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards and San Luis became progressively more disconnected. Nalagarh and San Luis have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.