Danwar in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Danwar in context

0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
0246<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DanwarJharkhand (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Danwar plotted against Jharkhand and India. The SNDi of new construction in Danwar rose steadily, compared to Jharkhand which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Danwar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.6 to 4.39 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Danwar ranked 7th out of 46 cities in Jharkhand and 77th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.39
Rank in India
752nd of 1868
Rank in Jharkhand
17th of 46

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.73
Rank in India
77th of 1868
Rank in Jharkhand
7th of 46

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

What about similarly populated cities?

01234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
01234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DanwarSanto AngeloCampana

In new street additions, Danwar and Santo Ângelo both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Campana fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Notably, Danwar had a more connected network than Campana in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.