Dabra 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 Dabra plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Dabra was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Dabra's incremental SNDi rose from 3.4 to 3.88 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dabra ranked 36th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 747th 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?

• Stavanger, Norway
• Layton, United States
• Nantou City, Taiwan
• Kisarazu, Japan
• Lengshuijiang, China
• Macaé, Brazil

In new street additions, Dabra built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Stavanger built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Kisarazu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Dabra became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Stavanger grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Kisarazu became progressively more disconnected.