Betul in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Betul in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Betul plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Betul 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, Betul's incremental SNDi rose from 3.91 to 5.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Betul ranked 54th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1036th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 5.03
- Rank in India
- 1054th of 1868
- Rank in Madhya Pradesh
- 50th of 98
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.94
- Rank in India
- 1036th of 1868
- Rank in Madhya Pradesh
- 54th of 98
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kotli, Azad Kashmir
- Shuantaizi, China
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- Radom, Poland
- Pakaur, India
- Ziway, Ethiopia
In new street additions, Betul built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Kotli fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Radom built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Betul and Radom both became progressively more disconnected, while Kotli fluctuated in connectivity. Betul and Radom have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.