Rewa in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rewa in context

3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.54.24.95.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RewaMadhya Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rewa plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Rewa 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, Rewa's incremental SNDi rose from 4.33 to 5.62 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rewa ranked 72nd out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1331st out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
5.62
Rank in India
1258th of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
67th of 98

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
4.55
Rank in India
1331st of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
72nd of 98

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

What about similarly populated cities?

3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
3.244.85.6<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RewaDebandiCharsadda

In new street additions, Rewa built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Debandi fluctuated in its street-construction patterns and Charsadda fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Rewa and Charsadda both became progressively more disconnected, while Debandi fluctuated in connectivity. Notably, Rewa had a more connected network than Charsadda in 1975 but the two have since reversed their relative ranking.