Mehidpur in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Mehidpur in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Mehidpur plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mehidpur followed a zig-zag trend, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Mehidpur ranked 11th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 164th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- N/A
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.23
- Rank in India
- 164th of 1868
- Rank in Madhya Pradesh
- 11th of 98
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
- Kotla Arab Ali Khan, Pakistan
- Baraki Rijan, Afghanistan
- Yaşamkent, Turkey
- Çaycuma, Turkey
- Ocosingo, México
- Danghara, Tajikistan
In new street additions, Mehidpur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Kotla Arab Ali Khan built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Çaycuma fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mehidpur became progressively more connected, while Kotla Arab Ali Khan became progressively more disconnected and Çaycuma fluctuated in connectivity. Mehidpur and Çaycuma have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.