Mungaoli 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 Mungaoli plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Mungaoli was at its lowest 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, Mungaoli's incremental SNDi rose from 11.45 to 13.03 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Mungaoli ranked 98th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1865th 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?

• Takum, Nigeria
• Novotroitsk, Russia
• Bukama, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Santo Tomé, Argentina
• Pashim Chhaparhati, Bangladesh
• Kandangan, Indonesia

In new street additions, Mungaoli built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Takum built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Santo Tomé fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Mungaoli became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Takum became progressively more disconnected and Santo Tomé fluctuated in connectivity. Mungaoli and Takum have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.