Nagda 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 Nagda plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Nagda followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase, 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, Nagda's incremental SNDi fell from 4.85 to 4.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Nagda ranked 60th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1132nd 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?

• Anakapalle, India
• АЗС, Russia
• Sibiu, Romania
• Tagbilaran, Philippines
• Mihtarlam, Afghanistan
• Areka, Ethiopia

In new street additions, Nagda fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Anakapalle fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Tagbilaran built increasingly disconnected streets over time. Looking at the full network, Anakapalle and Tagbilaran both became progressively more disconnected, while Nagda became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Notably, Nagda had a more sprawly network than Anakapalle in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.