Maihar 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 Maihar plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Maihar was at its lowest 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, Maihar's incremental SNDi rose from 3.49 to 3.77 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Maihar ranked 48th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 904th 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?

• Alagoinhas, Brazil
• Gouripur, Bangladesh
• Stabat, Indonesia
• Duqiao, China
• Mahagi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Lira, Uganda

In new street additions, Maihar built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Alagoinhas fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Duqiao built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full network, Maihar became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards, while Alagoinhas fluctuated in connectivity and Duqiao grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Maihar and Duqiao have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.