Chhindwara 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 Chhindwara plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Chhindwara's incremental SNDi rose from 4.47 to 7.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Chhindwara ranked 76th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1430th 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?

• Basel, Switzerland
• Greater Noida, India
• Sirsa, India
• Attingal, India
• Ponta Grossa, Brazil
• Shariatpur, Bangladesh

In new street additions, Chhindwara and Basel both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Attingal built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Chhindwara and Basel both became progressively more disconnected, while Attingal became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Chhindwara and Basel have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.