Shajapur in context: Street-network sprawl trends

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Shajapur plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Shajapur 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, Shajapur's incremental SNDi rose from 5.35 to 5.44 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Shajapur ranked 85th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1560th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

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

What about similarly populated cities?

• Hamm, Germany
• Proletar, Tajikistan
• Guanhu, China
• Masbate City, Philippines
• Thanam, India
• Bandabad, Afghanistan

While Hamm and Masbate City both built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved, Shajapur built increasingly disconnected streets over time in new street additions. For the full network, Shajapur and Hamm both became progressively more disconnected, while Masbate City grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved. Shajapur and Masbate City have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.