Khargone 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 Khargone plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Khargone 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, Khargone's incremental SNDi rose from 4.73 to 7.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khargone ranked 71st out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1324th 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?

• Khartsyzk, Ukraine
• Le Port, Réunion
• Qarabagh, Afghanistan
• Hongjiang, China
• Bayda, Libya
• Xichong, China

In new street additions, Khargone and Khartsyzk both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Hongjiang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Khargone and Khartsyzk both became progressively more disconnected, while Hongjiang grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Khargone and Khartsyzk have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.