Katni in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Katni in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Katni plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Katni 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, Katni's incremental SNDi rose from 3.95 to 6.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Katni ranked 42nd out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 831st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 6.63
- Rank in India
- 1518th of 1868
- Rank in Madhya Pradesh
- 79th of 98
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 3.61
- Rank in India
- 831st of 1868
- Rank in Madhya Pradesh
- 42nd of 98
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Linqu, China
- Acarigua, Venezuela
- Yongzhou, China
- Nukus, Uzbekistan
- Bhagalpur, India
- Nawabshah, Pakistan
In new street additions, Katni and Linqu both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Nukus built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Katni and Linqu have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.