Joura 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 Joura plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Joura peaked in 1991-2005, 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, Joura's incremental SNDi fell from 4.49 to 4.12 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Joura ranked 32nd out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 679th 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?

• Jinyun County, China
• Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan
• Shijiao, China
• Bajoga, Nigeria
• Dakoro, Niger
• Polegate, United Kingdom

In new street additions, Joura built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Jinyun County built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Bajoga built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Joura became progressively more disconnected, while Jinyun County became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Bajoga grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Notably, Joura had a more connected network than Jinyun County in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.