Sabalgarh in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Sabalgarh in context

2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.73.64.55.4<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SabalgarhMadhya Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Sabalgarh plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Sabalgarh's incremental SNDi rose from 2.26 to 3.52 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sabalgarh ranked 23rd out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 490th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
3.52
Rank in India
405th of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
18th of 98

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.04
Rank in India
490th of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
23rd of 98

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

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SabalgarhSheopurXiejiazhuang

In new street additions, Sabalgarh fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Sheopur built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Xiejiazhuang built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Looking at the full network, Sheopur and Xiejiazhuang both grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, while Sabalgarh fluctuated in connectivity. Sabalgarh and Sheopur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.