Harda 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 Harda plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Harda 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, Harda's incremental SNDi rose from 2.1 to 3.68 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Harda ranked 13th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 206th 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?

• Kathara, India
• Savelugu, Ghana
• Junín, Argentina
• Sokcho, South Korea
• Manazil Baradan, Yemen
• Hujra Shah Muqeem, Pakistan

In new street additions, Harda built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Kathara fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Sokcho built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Harda became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Kathara grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved and Sokcho became progressively more disconnected. Notably, Harda had a more connected network than Sokcho in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.