Mandideep 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 Mandideep plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mandideep peaked 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, Mandideep's incremental SNDi fell from 5.12 to 5.05 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mandideep ranked 75th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1416th 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?

• Ed Dueim, Sudan
• Maragheh, Iran
• Xiapu, China
• Quanjiao, China
• Mbarara, Uganda
• Baripada, India

In new street additions, Mandideep built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Ed Dueim fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Quanjiao built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full network, Mandideep and Ed Dueim both became progressively more disconnected, while Quanjiao grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Mandideep and Ed Dueim have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.