Ambah in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ambah in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ambah plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ambah's incremental SNDi rose from 1.35 to 1.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ambah ranked 80th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1521st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.49
- Rank in India
- 65th of 1868
- Rank in Madhya Pradesh
- 5th of 98
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 5.1
- Rank in India
- 1521st of 1868
- Rank in Madhya Pradesh
- 80th of 98
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Rijeka, Croatia
- Poncowati, Indonesia
- Lixin, China
- Baubau, Indonesia
- Gumla, India
- Mekarsari, Indonesia
In new street additions, Ambah fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Rijeka built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Baubau built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Rijeka and Baubau both became progressively more disconnected, while Ambah fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Ambah had a more connected network than Rijeka in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.