Sidhi 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 Sidhi plotted against Madhya Pradesh and India. The SNDi of new construction in Sidhi was at its lowest in 1976-1990, 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, Sidhi's incremental SNDi rose from 6.54 to 6.94 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Sidhi ranked 86th out of 98 cities in Madhya Pradesh and 1636th 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?

• Mota, Jordan
• Basirpur, Pakistan
• Yunhe County, China
• Tubhar, Egypt
• Lanxi, China
• Tirumangalam, India

In new street additions, Sidhi built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns, while Mota built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then shifted to more disconnected patterns and Tubhar built increasingly disconnected streets over time. For the full network, Sidhi became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards, while Mota became more connected from 1975 through 1991-2005, then grew more sprawly from 1991-2005 onwards and Tubhar became progressively more disconnected. Sidhi and Mota have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.