Mandsaur 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 Mandsaur plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mandsaur 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, Mandsaur's incremental SNDi rose from 2.98 to 4.14 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mandsaur ranked 22nd out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 472nd 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?

• Shahdadkot, Pakistan
• Barnala, India
• Layyah, Pakistan
• Arapiraca, Brazil
• Indio, United States
• Merca, Somalia

In new street additions, Mandsaur built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shahdadkot fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Arapiraca fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mandsaur and Arapiraca both became progressively more disconnected, while Shahdadkot fluctuated in connectivity. Mandsaur and Shahdadkot have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.