Seoni in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Seoni 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
SeoniMadhya Pradesh (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Seoni plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Seoni 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, Seoni's incremental SNDi rose from 3.87 to 4.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Seoni ranked 52nd out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 992nd out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
4.73
Rank in India
903rd of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
43rd of 98

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
3.87
Rank in India
992nd of 1868
Rank in Madhya Pradesh
52nd of 98

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

What about similarly populated cities?

481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
481216<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
SeoniHaroonabadShahrasti

In new street additions, Seoni and Haroonabad both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Shahrasti fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Seoni and Haroonabad have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.