Berasia 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 Berasia plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Berasia followed a zig-zag trend, 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, Berasia's incremental SNDi rose from 0.79 to 1.37 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Berasia ranked 6th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 34th 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?

• Pagla Chandi, India
• Al 'Izziyah, Egypt
• Gongchangling, China
• Nandigama, India
• Kẻ Sặt, Vietnam
• Chaisang, China

In new street additions, Berasia fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Pagla Chandi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Nandigama built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Berasia fluctuated in connectivity, while Pagla Chandi fluctuated in connectivity and Nandigama became progressively more disconnected. Berasia and Pagla Chandi have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.