Salaiya in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Salaiya in context

81624<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
81624<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SalaiyaMadhya Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Salaiya plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Salaiya followed a zig-zag trend, 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. In terms of the aggregate network, Salaiya ranked 94th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1789th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
N/A

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
7.33
Rank in India
1789th of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
94th of 98

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

What about similarly populated cities?

081624<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
081624<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SalaiyaAl MaymunFria

In new street additions, Salaiya fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Al Maymun built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Fria fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. Looking at the full network, Al Maymun and Fria both became progressively more disconnected, while Salaiya became progressively more disconnected. Salaiya and Al Maymun have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.