Basoda in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Basoda in context

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BasodaMadhya Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Basoda plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Basoda's incremental SNDi rose from 2.37 to 7.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Basoda ranked 25th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 501st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.63
Rank in India
1638th of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
86th of 98

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.07
Rank in India
501st of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
25th of 98

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

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
BasodaSangamnerShanhaiguan

In new street additions, Basoda and Sangamner both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Shanhaiguan built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Basoda and Sangamner have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.