Khurai 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 Khurai plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Khurai peaked 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, Khurai's incremental SNDi fell from 3.91 to 3.42 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Khurai ranked 40th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 805th 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?

• Usulután, El Salvador
• Tsuruoka, Japan
• Xinping, China
• Sondalia, India
• Olten, Switzerland
• Perbaungan, Indonesia

In new street additions, Khurai and Sondalia both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved, while Usulután built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Khurai grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Usulután became progressively more disconnected and Sondalia grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Khurai and Usulután have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.