Gwalior in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Gwalior in context

2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.83.54.24.9<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GwaliorMadhya Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Gwalior plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Gwalior 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, Gwalior's incremental SNDi rose from 3.47 to 4.13 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Gwalior ranked 34th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 736th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.13
Rank in India
638th of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
28th of 98

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.46
Rank in India
736th of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
34th of 98

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
23456<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
GwaliorJabalpurRajkot

In new street additions, Gwalior and Rajkot both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Jabalpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Gwalior and Jabalpur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.