Ashta in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Ashta in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ashta plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Ashta rose steadily, compared to Madhya Pradesh which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and India which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Ashta's incremental SNDi rose from 4.21 to 5.41 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ashta ranked 50th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 949th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.41
- Rank in India
- 1183rd of 1868
- Rank in Madhya Pradesh
- 61st of 98
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.81
- Rank in India
- 949th of 1868
- Rank in Madhya Pradesh
- 50th of 98
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Reyhanlı, Turkey
- Jerusalem, South Africa
- Nichlaul, India
- Al-Shawashna, Egypt
- Guddu, Pakistan
- 巴虎屯村, China
While Reyhanlı and Al-Shawashna both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Ashta built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Ashta and Reyhanlı both became progressively more disconnected, while Al-Shawashna fluctuated in connectivity. Ashta and Reyhanlı have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.