Damoh 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 Damoh plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Damoh 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, Damoh's incremental SNDi rose from 4.23 to 5.06 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Damoh ranked 64th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1197th 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?

• Tahoua, Niger
• Sasaram, India
• Zhaotong, China
• Udupi, India
• Raoping, China
• Mallawi, Egypt

In new street additions, Damoh and Udupi both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Tahoua built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Damoh and Udupi both became progressively more disconnected, while Tahoua became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards. Damoh and Tahoua have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.