Kailaras in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Kailaras in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Kailaras plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Kailaras followed a zig-zag trend with an overall decrease, 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, Kailaras's incremental SNDi fell from 6.17 to 1.59 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Kailaras ranked 39th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 758th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 1.59
- Rank in India
- 76th of 1868
- Rank in Madhya Pradesh
- 6th of 98
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.49
- Rank in India
- 758th of 1868
- Rank in Madhya Pradesh
- 39th of 98
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Encore Townhomes, United States
- Mariyammanahalli, India
- Babathan, Nepal
- Laï, Chad
- Tavşanlı, Turkey
- Sverdlovsk, Ukraine
In new street additions, Kailaras fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Encore Townhomes built increasingly disconnected streets over time and Laï built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Kailaras and Laï both fluctuated in connectivity, while Encore Townhomes became progressively more disconnected.