Ratlam in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ratlam in context

3.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.8<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RatlamMadhya Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ratlam plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Ratlam 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, Ratlam's incremental SNDi rose from 3.79 to 4.63 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ratlam ranked 35th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 742nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.63
Rank in India
861st of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
40th of 98

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.47
Rank in India
742nd of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
35th of 98

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.82.73.64.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RatlamYavatmalSouthampton

In new street additions, Ratlam built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Yavatmal fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Southampton built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Ratlam and Southampton have been converging in their street-network character since 1975.