Dewas 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 Dewas plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Dewas's incremental SNDi rose from 4.11 to 4.49 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Dewas ranked 53rd out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1028th 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?

• Tawau, Malaysia
• Wenling, China
• Liaoyuan, China
• Pasto, Colombia
• Gaozhou, China
• Al-Manshah, Egypt

In new street additions, Dewas and Pasto both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Tawau built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.