Bhind 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 Bhind plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Bhind 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, Bhind's incremental SNDi rose from 2.87 to 3.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Bhind ranked 24th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 496th 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?

• San Cristobal, Venezuela
• Geneva, Switzerland
• Pohang-si, South Korea
• Daqing, China
• Oita, Japan
• Huidong, China

In new street additions, Bhind and San Cristobal both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Daqing built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Bhind and San Cristobal both became progressively more disconnected, while Daqing became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Bhind and San Cristobal have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.