Narmadapuram 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 Narmadapuram plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Narmadapuram 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, Narmadapuram's incremental SNDi rose from 5.13 to 5.95 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Narmadapuram ranked 82nd out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1534th 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?

• Pyapon, Myanmar
• Elx / Elche, Spain
• Sadat, Egypt
• 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
• Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina
• Ningi, Nigeria

While Pyapon and 's-Hertogenbosch both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, Narmadapuram built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Narmadapuram and 's-Hertogenbosch both became progressively more disconnected, while Pyapon fluctuated in connectivity. Narmadapuram and Pyapon have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.