Barwaha in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Barwaha plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Barwaha peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Barwaha's incremental SNDi fell from 5.23 to 5.1 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Barwaha ranked 77th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1455th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• 蕲县镇, China
• Edinburg, United States
• Maasvlakte, Netherlands
• Curvelo, Brazil
• Bhagwanpur, India
• Ipetumodu, Nigeria

In new street additions, Barwaha and 蕲县镇 both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Curvelo built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Barwaha and Curvelo both became progressively more disconnected, while 蕲县镇 grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Barwaha had a more sprawly network than 蕲县镇 in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.